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- From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
- Subject: Re: Foxpro 2.0 ??
- Message-ID: <viking.714348382@vincent1.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1992Aug19.221316.2237@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 22:06:22 GMT
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- rahul@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Rahul Chawla) writes:
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- >2). Any comments on the LAN version of Foxpro.
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- It's pretty robust, but some of the defaults I'm not happy with.
- When working from the menus, the default is exclusive usage of any
- file you open, so no concurrent reads. There are commands for locking
- of files and multiple records in that file, so you can get concurrent
- reads and writes. Transaction tracking is allowed, but it's not easy
- to set up and it has to be incorporated both in your FoxPro code and
- on your Novell server.
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- I'm happy with it. The manual is pretty clear on what is and
- is not allowed, and how best to write your code for multiple users.
- I can't compare it to Dbase IV because I've never used it, but I'd
- be happy to send you some source that shows how to write a simple
- multi-user application.
-
- <Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"There'll be angels on Ariels in leather>
- <z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | and chrome, Ridin' down from heaven >
- <viking@iastate.edu | just to carry me home." -- R. Thompson >
- < ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee. >
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