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>When I build a view 'x' based on table 'y' and then modify the structure of table 'y' does view 'x' break?
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>Yep... And as far as I know, the same behavior exists in 7. This is one of the reasons I think RV's are a bad idea...
Does anyone know WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY if this behaviour still exists in 7?
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>I ended up buying Stonefield to solve this problem with VFP 5 and 6.
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>If one is using RV's, SDT is a MUST HAVE TOOL. Unless you know how to hack the DBC and recover, SDT is the only prayer you have of not not losing your view definitions.
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I do not use RV's with remote data I use SPT.
Even using Local Views .. SDT becomes a must have tool. I was forced to maintain a medium scale application that relied on Local Views. It was very difficult to alter table structures. I had to re-do every Local View.
Stonefield is extremely well made. However, like any data dictionary, it slows down processing to a certain extent.
Extremely fast database operations (with native data) is the purpose of using VFP.By relying on ANY data dictionary you are crippling VFP's #1 selling feature.
I am leaning towards building my own "View Maintenance" system so that I am not "required" to use Stonefield.
>I should have mentioned this sooner in some earlier threads. Thanks for bringing this up.
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