Do you really have the ! in your destination file() test?
I do stuff like this when I'm comparing 2 lookup tables.
IF FILE(lcSource)
USE (lcSource) IN SELECT([source]) ALIAS source
endif
IF FILE(lcDestination)
USE (lcDestination) IN SELECT([destination]) ALIAS destination
ENDIF
The NODATA keyword only applies to SQL views so I don't think that's doing
anything useful for you.
If you're comparing indexes, you might want to check out the ATAGINFO function.
--
rk
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Michael Savage
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:25 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Stumbling block... Comparing indexes
I have 2 databases that I wish to compare the tables.
The database can have tables with the same name, however they will be in
different directories.
When I try to open the second table I get this error "file in use"
I need to compare old to new. There are no errors, when I try to compare,
tables, fields, count records. but when I try to compare indexes it blows up
with above error.
Here is a snippet of code I've tried.
*-lcSourceDatabase its tables are stored in the same directory.
*-
lcSource=ADDBS(JUSTpath(lcSourceDatabase)) + lcAlias+'.dbf'
I then trap for it to exist, in case the databases are different and don't hold
the same tables.
if file(lcSource)
USE (lcSource) in 0 ALIAS lcSourceAlias NODATA endif
*- I do the same thing with the destination tables
lcDestination=ADDBS(JUSTpath(lcDestinationDataBase)) + lcAlias+'.dbf'
IF !FILE(lcDestination)
use (lcDestination) in 0 ALIAS lcDestinationAlias NODATA ENDIF
In the destination code, it blows up when I try to open the destination table.
(Error mentioned above.)
How do I force it to open the two different tables, with the same name?
They are in different directories.
Any ideas?
TIA,
Mike
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