On 2017-12-29 12:00, Stephen Russell wrote:

> I think you missed my point. this is a separate product you are

> creating

> that will pull data from VFP and only store it online. You can then

> build

> up a new style of reporting outside of VFP. Once they approve of it

> you

> can delete the data older than 4 years or 7 years from the VFP

> environment. The Data Scientist role may suit you very well.

>

> Check out this:

> https://www.zs.com/services/technology/technology-services/big-data-and-data-scientist-services.aspx

Thanks for the link. Data Scientist is definitely a job for the future

and big $$$ I think! My original post was not so much about reporting;

it was about hauling tons of data over the LAN that's no longer relevant

and the archival process I proposed to resolve that (without permanently

deleting data). As we said in a previous thread, the whole DBF isn't

coming across the network unless you've got commands like REPLACE ALL

etc. and unfortunately in the case of my previous Corporate app at

Sylvan, there's tons of old code from previous devs where they did that

often.

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