I totally agree and go the local rw cursor route any time I can. It's simple, totally under my control and, even if I have to code it by hand, I understand what's happening and when. Multiple access/locking issues remain as thorny as ever, however. -Lew
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Stanton Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Object engineering #2 > If you follow Ted's and my suggestion of generating a local, flat > read-write cursor & do batch updates of the underlying tables Seems a shame, doesn't it, that all that clever table buffering is actually completely useless... Ok, not completely, but it would appear not to do the job it's meant for in anything but very simple situations. Mark [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.

