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Free tables vs DBC
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From
11/01/2003 13:11:43
 
 
To
11/01/2003 12:57:16
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00740632
Message ID:
00740647
Views:
30
>I am not sure of the complete list; check the manuals. I don't have VFP at this machine. What comes to my mind now is:
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  • Long field names.
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  • Validation rules, for fields and records (I don't use these - I prefer triggers).
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  • Referential integrity (RI).
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  • Triggers. Important to update a second table with changes in a first. Triggers are used for RI.
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  • Free tables can't participate in transactions.
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  • Field comments - useful for documentation.
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    Thank you. No transactions is the killer. I could live without the others.
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