No, flushing to disk, while relatively time consuming is a way to reduce corruption.
Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions General Account Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 12:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: using FLUSH in your apps -- any negative consequence? Rick Schummer wrote: >>> Some folks say that FLUSH definitely helps, but is there any reason where FLUSH would HURT or > CAUSE ISSUES?<< > > FLUSH does have a performance hit on a network and does not guarantee the writing of data if there > buffering on the drive by the OS. You would need the FLUSH FORCE to tell Windows to get it to disk. I'm just wondering if I should remove the FLUSH, so it would only do a TABLEUPDATE. ???? [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/04c101c9790f$a2448680$e6cd93...@com ** 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.
