>>With the tables I use (Paradox), I get so once and a while the >>message "Index out of date". What causes that, and how to fix it? >You can fix it by purchasing any one of a number of 'fixit' utilities. They >are either cheap or if youre game - free. Below is the one I have used. > >http://www.o2a.com > >As for what causes them, data corruption, such as crosslinked files is a one >source. I see more 'index out of date' errors on older machines, but this >relationship is not linear (ie I get some new machines with corruption >problems too). > >Does anyone know of any programatical causes for index out of date errors? A crash or situation where the table is in edit mode and is not closed properly seems capable of causing it. Also (delphi1) there appeared to be a situation where a table could updated while another machine held an edit lock - This immediately caused an index out of date. main danger seems to be in relation to edit locks so try to prevent long periods of time in edit mode - EG user halfway through data-entry going to lunch... -- Aaron Scott-Boddendijk Jump Productions (07) 838-3371 Voice (07) 838-3372 Fax --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
