Ed - thanks for your reply On reflection maybe I was thinking about DELETE TAG ALL (or deleting the CDX in earlier incarnations of Fox ?) being preferable to REINDEX as a way of combatting index "bloat" - does that ring a bell with anybody ?
Paul Newton Ed Leafe wrote: > On Sep 26, 2007, at 7:46 PM, Paul Newton wrote: > > >> 1. Am I right in thinking (I am sure I came across it somewhere) that >> although one can use DELETE TAG ALL and then recreate the index(es) >> using INDEX ON <expr1> TAG <expr2> that it is in fact better to delete >> the CDX and then recreate the index (of course one has to then bypass >> the "Structural Index not found" error, but I have dome that before >> anyway). >> > > DELETE TAG ALL deletes the CDX. Try it out to verify. > > >> 2. When is REINDEX a valid/viable alternative to the above >> approaches ? >> Is best practise not to use it at all ? >> > > REINDEX was useful back in the days of IDX files. You could open a > table without opening the index; later on when you opened the index, > REINDEX would bring it up-to-date with any changes you had made. > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > [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.
