>>Which is a better approach in managing database?
>>1. Pure Buffering feature
>>2. Combination of Buffering and BEGIN/END Transaction
>>3. Pure BEGIN/END Transaction
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>>What's the significance of Buffering feature in VFP when TRANSACTION can do what Buffering can?
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>Jane,
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>First transactions do not do what buffering does, second you can not use a transaction unless the cursors are buffered.

Correct me if I am wrong, transactions has been around since fox2.x and at that time no such thing as buffering feature. If there is, then there could be a different implementation in VFP.

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>Buffereing gives you control over when and if the user's edits will be saved. Transactions wrap a series of data changes into a single all or none operation.