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Finally, is it possible to flush?
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From
01/03/2003 05:06:38
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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01/03/2003 02:32:25
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00759866
Message ID:
00759880
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15
>Hi,
>After a long thread of dicussion, what is the conclusion on flushing data?
>1. Turn Off "Server's" Hard Disk Write Cache?
>2. Use API to flush all updated files?
>Or.. ???
>
>Thank you

Yes, right, the previous thread changed to aspects over what MS should have or should not have done - and over which we have no control right now.

My personal opinion is that if you turn the hard disk write cache off (and religiously use FLUSH after each change) you should be quite safe.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
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