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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00271397
Message ID:
00271579
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>>>I´m converting an old clipper aplication for
>>>one customer to vfp6.0 with sp3.
>>>
>>>One database, which has the data of all the students since
>>>1995 works just fine in clipper, i can access all the records,
>>>but when I´m inside of the aplication foxpro just cant see
>>>the records. What´s wrong?
>>
>>Is it possible there are more than 255 fields in this table? That is something that Clipper allows which Fox doesn't.
>
>Hello Mark!
>Is this limitation a major concern in database development? I think so but others may argue...
>
>Jess

I have never even approached 100 fields in a single table. I would argue that if you think you need that many fields, the design needs to be looked at really hard. IMHO, a table approaching that many fields could indicate a poorly normalized table.
Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA
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