File restructure bastardization

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting George Simon (Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:36:58 -0400):
[...]
> > ObDisclaimer:  This is not an official endorsement by fPTech, just
> > my own opinion.
> >
> > Since you aren't changing the length of the fields, and the new type
> > would accept the existing data as-is, with no effect on sort-order
> > (in case there are indexes built on them), you could theoretically
> > edit the map, changing "YESNO" to "*" or "ALLUP", even while people
> > are using the file, with no ill effect.
> >
> > Of course, I would highly recommend trying this out on a test file
> > first.
[...]
> Any time I've changed a field edit from anything to an asterisk,
> re-structuring does not take place.  I don't think (know?) that is true
> for ALLUP.

Changing a field type to "*" without changing its length does not
trigger a restructure, as the field's contents would not change
during such a restructure.

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