>I wish to create a temporary empty cursor structure based on an existing table using SELECT * FROM MyTable INTO CURSOR MyCursor READWRITE WHERE .F.. Is the WHERE expression evaluated for every record? MyTable.dbf is very large (over 2 million records) and I am concerned this may affect performance.
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>Any help would be appreciated.
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>Alan
COPY STRUCTURE is specifically designed to copy only the structure, no records.
I think a COPY STRUCTURE should be much faster, in this case. But you will have to test whether there actually is a speed difference.
I believe COPY STRUCTURE only works for tables, so you would have to copy into a table first, and then to a cursor, in a second step.
HTH,
Hilmar.
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