Turning 60 this year. :) On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 4:33 PM Tracy Pearson <[email protected]> wrote:
> You'll have trouble the same way if a user is saving the Word or Excel > file. > Writing to tables locks a portion of the table, and sometimes all of the > table which can cause copy failures.. > You've been out of the VFP for a couple of years and haven't worked with > DBFs for longer. > We'll forgive your older age and forgetfulness. > > Tracy > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Stephen > Russell > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 5:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Creating a copy of a database -- best practice? > > Would the table or index not be included? I get backups of word and excel > files if they are open. > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 3:40 PM > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 2019-02-28 07:08, Stephen Russell wrote: > > > Why not make a compressed file of the entire folder where the data > > > lies? > > > After file is created move it to a different machine off the network. > > > > > > Because I think open DBFs would present a problem with that approach??? > > [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/cajidmylslflrkmv1zvo1eat8gtj9-bbodbtehwbixyvorxq...@mail.gmail.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.

