Hey, Sergey.
I just did a few tests and found that using the ALTER TABLE method, the whole folder with several dozen tables took about 5 minutes. Then I copied two of the 2.6 version tables, both having CDX and FPT files associated with them, back to the folder and ran another version of my program where I used COPY TO instead, and it took 4 minutes just for these two tables. So I'm sticking with the ALTER TABLE method. This test was across a network connection (both times) on test data (I never test on production data!).
I just thought you'd be interested in my results.
Dana
>>Hi,
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>>Does anyone know of a way to convert old 2.6 tables to VFP format tables? We are looking into bringing our free tables into a DBC and in doing some tests I see that dialog that asks about converting the table to VFP format. You can't prevent it, even with SET SAFETY OFF. I was wondering if there is a way to convert the table format first, in a program. I can't seem to find anything about it anywhere.
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>Dana,
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>They will be converted if you make a copy under VFP
lc26Path = < ... >
>lcVfpPath = < ... >
>lcTable = "mytable"
>COPY CDX ( lc26Path + lcTable ) TO ( lcVfpPath + lcTable )
>
Where's the damned Any Key?...too late