BUG: Copying Tables Between Databases Changes Index Type

Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
Article ID: Q157253

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

Copying a table from one database to another changes the index type of the table from Primary to Candidate.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Create a database that has a table and a Primary key as following:

      CREATE DATABASE Test
      CREATE TABLE Tst1T1 (Fld1 c(5), Fld2 c(5))
      ALTER TABLE Tst1T1 ALTER Fld1 c(5) Primary Key

Open the table Tst1T1 and modify it. Select the Indexes tab in the Table Designer and verify that a Primary Index has been created on the first field, Fld1. Close the Table Designer and leave the table open in the current work area.

Create another database Test2 using "CREATE DATABASE Test2" command.

Issue the following commands to copy Tst1T1 table from Test1 database to Test2 as Tst2T1:

      SET DATABASE TO Test2
      SELECT Tst1T1
      COPY TO Tst2T1 PRODUCTION DATABASE Test2

When you get the "Invalid File Descriptor" error, click OK.

After the table Tst1T1 is copied to Test2 database as Tst2T1, open and then modify the Tst2T1 table in the Test2 database. When in the Table Designer, select the Indexes tab. Notice that the Index type has changed from Primary to Candidate.

Keywords : buglist5.00 FxtoolDbtabledes kbtool VFoxwin vfpbug5.0a kbbuglist kbtool
Version : 5.0 5.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
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