RE: [dba-dev] purging dbase database

2006-02-07 Thread Marc Santhoff
Am Samstag, den 28.01.2006, 07:17 +1100 schrieb Kelvin Eldridge: > Hi Marc, > > I agree with what you are saying. > > In my mind there are two features missing for dBase file usage. The ability > to "pack" which is the removal of records marked as deleted, and the > "reindex" command, which allow

Re: [dba-dev] purging dbase database

2006-01-29 Thread Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germa ny
Hi Marc, > If I had a scratch'n'sniff-GUI this would smell like an issue. ;) well, yes, I can smell it, too ... > What is the correct term for this task, translated from german it would > be "reoganization", can I use that one? pack, as suggested by Kelvin, sounds okay to me. Not sure how it wa

RE: [dba-dev] purging dbase database

2006-01-27 Thread Kelvin Eldridge
ink these issues are worthy of an RFE if they not already been raised. Hope this helps. Kelvin Eldridge Online Connections www.onlineconnections.com.au > -Original Message- > From: Marc Santhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 28 January 2006 4:21 AM > To: dev@dba.o

Re: [dba-dev] purging dbase database

2006-01-27 Thread Marc Santhoff
Am Freitag, den 27.01.2006, 12:10 +0100 schrieb Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany: > Hi Marc, Hi Frank, > > How can I clean up DBase file databases via API? (And how is this done > > from the GUI?) > > Uhm. Both via UI and API, the (ugly) workaround would be to copy the > table under a

Re: [dba-dev] purging dbase database

2006-01-27 Thread Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germa ny
Hi Marc, > How can I clean up DBase file databases via API? (And how is this done > from the GUI?) Uhm. Both via UI and API, the (ugly) workaround would be to copy the table under a new name, delete the old one, and rename the new one to the old name. Ugly, as said. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schö