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From: e270a01@hubcap.UUCP (Demetrios Yannakopoulos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Bug in dBase III +
Message-ID: <184@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 14:00:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: hubcap.184
Posted: Mon Jun  8 14:00:09 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jun-87 03:28:17 EDT
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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Keywords: Bug dBase index

Try to "INDEX" a file ( not too big -- 2,500 records is enough) using
the option "UNIQUE". I guarantee you the system will die in the middle of
the "INDEX"ing process leaving the screen idle with the (promising) message :
" 50% of the file is indexed...." !!!!!

The file I was using had one-field records (7 characters each) and it had been
created by a (some kind of) random selection from a much larger file.
The only way I could overcome the dead end was by "SORT"ing the file into a new
one and THEN "INDEX"ing "UNIQUE"ly the new file on the same key.....

I have already called Ashton-Tate. They've admitted their error and they'll send
me an updated version. My question is:
    Why didn't they notify all the registered users about the bug, instead of
letting us find it the hard (and beleave me: frustrating) way ?????

                                             Demmetrios Yannakopoulos
                                                 CPSC Dept
                                            Clemson University
                                                 Clemson SC