You do gain something with TABLEVALIDATE set to 0 or 2, just not at USE time. Later, on any attempt to write a (new?) record while the length/count discrepancy exists, an error message WILL be emitted.



>Hi Doru,
>
>VFP8 performs some new validations that require header to be locked, VFP7 doesn't do this kind of validation. If TABLEVALIDATE is set to 0 or 2, VFP8 performs exactly the same validation as VFP7 does. You don't lose anything and don't get anything new.
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>Thanks,
>Aleksey Tsingauz.