Of course you are right Alan, if the data is open and in use. We naturally recommend backing up off hours, but we can also take a snapshot in the middle of the workday and use this if we need something better than last night. Any backup with a little bit of data missing is better than not having any data at all, which is something we run into all too often.
Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 02:22 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: CleverFox Backup The thing is, with a database that is shared over many DBF files unless you can exclusively lock each one at a given point and then back them all up before unlocking you will never be sure you have a valid snapshot in time. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Fri, 27 Jan 2017, at 06:54 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: > On 2017-01-27 06:02, Man-wai Chang wrote: > > Always wrote our own Foxpro routines to backup and/or do data > > transfer (sometimes using external data compression programs) .... > > It's not that complicated. :) > > > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:54 AM, Rick Schummer > > <pro...@whitelightcomputing.com> wrote: > >> SET MARKETING ON && for those who are not interested > >> > >> CleverFox Backup backs up VFP data (DBC and/or free tables) even if > >> they are open in shared mode, something other backups sometimes > >> fail to do, or will only do when they table gets closed. It also > >> can do SQL Server backups too, which is perfect for those who are > >> using SQL Server Express, or better. All on a scheduled basis, > >> configurable to be done > > a call if you (or anyone else on the list) are interested. > > 586.254.2530. > >> .... > >> SET MARKETING OFF > > > > Can't you just do a FLOCK() and then SELECT * from Source into table > c:\backup\Target ? > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com 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/013e01d27ce4$a94ed7f0$fbec87d0$@whitelightcomputing.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.
