>> Can't you just do a FLOCK() and then SELECT * from Source into table >> c:\backup\Target ?<<
Yes you can, well if you want problems with users being locked out of tables "randomly" during the day, and you don't care about the metadata of the DBC, or the stored procedures, or, or, or... <shrug> If it was simple and easy, I would have purchased this from someone else who has done it already, plus added in all the automated billing to save hours of admin time. I mean, who writes their own reindexing routine for Visual FoxPro data these days? (rhetorical question) Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 01:54 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: CleverFox Backup 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/013f01d27ce4$a9821cf0$fc8656d0$@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.
