>>what is the difference and advantages of using the BUFFERMODEOVERRIDE in the data enviorment 'data' methods vs. the BUFFERMODE in the forms 'data' methods.
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>>if I use the BUFFERMODE in the forms data methods it has choices 'none, presimistic, optimistic' - but it does not say if this is record or table in its scope.
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>>any help out there?
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>>jim
>The default in the forms data enironment is either optimistic or pessimistic row buffering. You can override this using either CursorSetProp() or BufferModeOverride.
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>Hope this helps.
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>George

thanks George, it does help. what do you tend to prefer for better execution, setting the Buffermoderoverride or using the default in the forms data enviornment?

thanks
jim