>Hi, Hilmar!
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>I think mostly happens nothing:
>- Modifiy the SP works only with the source code memo field!
>- Compiling the SP works in memory and replaces the compiled pseudo code in a small part of a second!
>- Running the first SP after opening a database reads the pseudo code into a memory cache - this is the famous "dirty" read, which is handled by by vfp (may be reading the pseudo code delays a little bit if compiling is already running!
Thanks; I had similar suspitions about the first two parts, but didn't think about your third point, related to caching. Can you briefly explain what is a "dirty read"?
Hilmar.
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>Note: My thoughts are only my thoughts <s>, I don't know what really happens!
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