Date   : Thu, 08 Aug 1985 07:59:16 pdt
From   : Gerry Key <key%tetra@nosc.ARPA>
Subject: dBASE II Question 

I have a dBASE II question.  First, the scenario.

File X.dbf contains 100 records.  File Y.dbf contains  0  records
but  has the same definition (i.e., STRUCTURE) as X.dbf.  Someone
inadvertently issues the command:

        . use Y
        . copy to X structure

The result is that the 100 records in X.dbf are still there,  but
because it now has the definition of Y.dbf, X.dbf appears to con-
tain 0 records. Any reference to a record number  in  X.dbf  pro-
duces an error because the definition thinks there are none.

The question: is there any way to fake the  definition  of  X.dbf
into  recognizing  those  100  records?  I tried doing an APPEND,
thinking that when it updated the definition it  would  count  in
the  100 records that were there plus the dummy record I just ad-
ded.  Wrong.  It now says I have 1 record in X.dbf instead of 0.

--Gerry

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