On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:

> I want to make sure I know the answer to this before proceeding. I have

> dbfs on a web server. There are users that have the table open shared. I

> want to grab a copy of the dbf, cdx and fpt. Can I just do a Windows

> Explorer copy & paste without issue?

>

Yeah, you know the answer: both the OS and FoxPro conservatively want to

lock the entire file before copying.

SELECT * FROM source INTO TABLE extract

then re-create the indexes as needed.

Note that you'll lose the deleted records under some conditions. That you

also know.

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Ted Roche

Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

http://www.tedroche.com

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