Kevin - AFAIK - here's the problem. If you make a Structure change - like add a field via VFP - then, the DBF can NOT be read by FPW/FPD. I believe this is the case - although it was years ago that I ran into the issue.
-K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 5:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Downsizing data from PostgreSQL to FPW2.6 I thought that VFP wouldn't modify a table if was just 'reading' data, but if it wrote to a FP2.6 table that it'd modify the header in some way that it would make it incompatible with FP2.6 from that point on. I may not be recalling this properly though. CULLY Technologies, LLC http://cullytechnologies.com http://cully.biz On 07/15/2015 04:54 PM, Fred Taylor wrote: > VFP does NOT change a 2.6 table in any way. You just have to be sure > that any table you create in VFP that needs to be accessed 2.6 uses > COPY TO > table26 TYPE FOX2X > > Fred > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/80838f1ca795b14ea1af48659f35166f1cd...@drexch02.corp.globetax.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
