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size=2>Well, much ado about nothing - they got it sorted before I could get
there. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Thanks for the input all.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Stephen</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Stephen Bond
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 29 September 2003 9:04 p.m.<BR><B>To:</B> Access
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<P><FONT size=2>Thanks Andy and Arthur - probably later this week after I've
been to have a look-see.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Stephen Bond</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From:
Arthur Fuller [<A
href="mailto:artful@rogers.com">mailto:artful@rogers.com</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Sent: Sunday, 28 September 2003 6:12 a.m.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To:
'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Clipper</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>I wrote two books about Clipper, and am close friends with its
original</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>author. I can probably tell you anything you
need to know.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Your dBASE skills will port to the extent that the authors of
the system</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>did not exploit Clipper-specific language.
By version 5 Clipper was a</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>lot different than dBASE,
with OOP constructs, UDFs and a lot more. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>As for fixing the indexes, that depends on the RDD that was
used.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>(Replaceable Database Driver). You can discover
this by looking at the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>#include files. In most cases,
you could write a simple program that</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>walks through
the list of tables and recreates the indexes, but that</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>assumes that you know which columns were indexed.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Let me know if you need further assistance.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From:
accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>[<A
href="mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>]
On Behalf Of Stephen Bond</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Thursday, September
25, 2003 5:40 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To:
accessd@databaseadvisors.com</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject: [AccessD] OT:
Clipper</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>I have had a request to look at a Clipper system where
(apparently) the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>indexes have become corrupted.
The prospective client is a distance</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>away and I want
to evaluate my chances of succeeding before I travel.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>I did a lot of dBaseIII / IV stuff quite a few years
ago, but nothing</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>in Clipper. Back in those days,
I had the impression that dBase and</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Clipper were very
similar, and with Clipper you could 'compile' the</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>processing module(s).</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Can someone tell me how well my dBase skills will port to
Clipper? And</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>if it's a 'compiled' system, is the
source held separately? And are the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>indexes in
Clipper like the indexes in dBase which are easy to</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>re-construct?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Any middle-aged fellow travellers out there who can
help? Tips, Tricks,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Traps?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Cheers </FONT></P>
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