>>>>If I create another Data Session, I can switch between the default DS and the new DS, and independently set the default buffering mode for each DS with the Tools:Options:Data:Buffering setting.
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>>>>I know how to use CursorSetProp('buffering', 4) to change the value once the table is opened, but I can not figure out how to set the default buffering mode programmatically so the table opens in buffering mode 4, for example.
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>>>CURSORSETPROP("Buffering",0) will set the default for all future cursors/tables buffering mode to be 4.
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>>That command gives an error.
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>Whoops, that's because it's not right! ;)
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>It should be CURSORSETPROP("Buffering",4,0).
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>Sorry about that. :(

This must be an undocumented feature. The second parameter of 4 is pessimistic buffering, and the 3rd parameter is usually a view or table name [if passed]. I just tried this on a remote view [where only optimistic buffering is permitted], and it worked.