File restructure bastardization

[George Simon]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at bestweb.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:46 PM
> To: George Simon
> Cc: 'filePro List'
> Subject: RE: File restructure bastardization
> 
> 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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That's what I said but, to me, it seemed that you implied that this is also
true for the ALLUP edit.