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From: paul@slhisc.uucp (Paul Tam)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Multiuser app with Clipper
Message-ID: <1991Apr22.142236.5188@slhisc.uucp>
Date: 22 Apr 91 14:22:36 GMT
Organization: Shearson Lehman Brother, Inc.
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I'm thinking about recode my single user Clipper application into 
a multiuser one. Approximately, there are going to be 8 users using
the application at the same time. Users can insert, view, or update
records. Here come the questions.

    1) Are Clipper's file locking and record locking functions are good
       and enough to handle the application ?

    2) Any important things I should consider in my design phase before
       I jump into codeing ?

    3) Where can I get information on this multiuser Clipper App.

I'm still using Clipper summer'87, should I consider upgrade it to
Clipper 5.0. Is Clipper 5.0 still having bugs (or at least the
incompatability problem with summer'87 programs). 

Please throw me some or any ideas. 

Thanks in advance

Paul