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Memo fields, to use or not to use
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01/08/2003 17:08:16
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00816030
Message ID:
00816046
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28
This message has been marked as the solution to the initial question of the thread.
>I heard to say that memo fields cause many
> problems because the dbt always broke
>
> Must I avoid using memo fields ?
>
> Moises

No.

I have used them for years, without problems.

To avoid data corruption, I suggest you use FLUSH command after making changes. If you use buffering, use FLUSH after the TableUpdate().

HTH,

Hilmar.
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