PRB: CREATE FROM Command Ignores Indexes and Filters

• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, and 2.6
• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, and 2.6
• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

SYMPTOMS

Indexes or filters set to a database created either manually or with the COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED command will be ignored when you are using the CREATE FROM command.

RESOLUTION

There are three ways to work around this behavior:

• Use the SORT command.

  -or-

• Copy the fields to an array, perform an ASORT on the array, and then create the table from the array.

  -or-

• Use an SQL SELECT command with an ORDER BY clause to sort the fields. (For an example of this, see "Workaround" in the "More Information" section below.)

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

The following steps use the CUSTOMER.DBF from the TUTORIAL subdirectory under the main FoxPro directory.

Issue the following commands from the Command window or copy them into a program (.PRG) file and run the program file:

   USE customer
   COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO test
   USE test
   INDEX ON field_name TAG field_name ADDITIVE
   SELECT 0
   CREATE result FROM test
   LIST STRUCTURE

Workaround

In order to have the fields sorted, use the following code:

   USE customer
   COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO test
   USE test
   SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY field_name INTO TABLE query
   SELECT 0
   CREATE result FROM query
   LIST STRUCTURE