>Mike,
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>Sorry. . . can't quote 'cause message area has nothing in it! First time I've seen that.
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>Anyways, you actually can't avoid memo fields using FPD/FPW/VFP because the "base product" uses them like crazy.
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>I've found them to be extremely reliable in FPD/FPW and expect the same in VFP (OK so far). Maybe in other products there were problems, but I think you'll find the incidence of corruption in the Fox world to be very light indeed.
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>And they are so handy!
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>Cheers,
>Jim N

Jim,

A valid point; you can't avoid them but as for extremely reliable, tell that to Mr. Peppercorn <g>. How often have we all "trashed" project files, forms, etc. due to corrupt memo fields? In actuality, Foxpro is reliable especially when proper data handling techniques are observed. My point was that when there is a problem with a memo field's table, unrecoverable data loss is far more likely.

If the application is mission critical and recovery from last nights backup is unacceptable, you won't find me using them.

Best Regards,
Mike