On Mar 24, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Charlie Coleman wrote:
>> Easy? Sounds more like a hack.
>
> You do realize that some DB servers do similar things. E.g. table
> partitioning. Sure with VFP you have to construct more on your own
> sometimes. But that often gives you more opportunities to optimize
> for your
> situation.
How a server actually stores and retrieves its data is irrelevant.
The only thing that matters is that you can get out whatever you put in.
I'm aware of projects such as the Chunnel that used VFP to manage
huge amounts of data. I'm not saying that it is not possible, just
that it's no longer desirable. VFP rocks with real database servers,
and you can spend your time making great solutions instead of coding
around the file system limitations.
-- Ed Leafe
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