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Q159313: DOCERR: Incorrect Help Information on Number of Tables Open

Article: Q159313
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 11-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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Visual FoxPro 5.0 Help has incorrect information about the Maximum number of
tables that can be open at the same time.

MORE INFORMATION
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In Help under Contents, click Technical Reference and System Information. Click
the Visual FoxPro System Capacities topic and look at the entry under "Table and
Index Files" for "Maximum # of tables open at one time." Following is the
entry:

  Maximum # of tables open at one time 2551

Visual FoxPro 5.0 does not have a limit of 2551 tables--the limit is much higher.
To test that Visual FoxPro 5.0 allows you to have more than 2551 tables open at
the same time run the following code:

     SET ESCAPE ON
     SET TALK OFF
     CLEAR
     FOR n = 1 TO 3000
        lcTable = "TBL" + PADL(n,4,"0")
        CREATE TABLE (lcTable) ( smallfield C(1) )
        WAIT WINDOW "Creating " + lcTable nowait
     ENDFOR

The actual limit is approximately 65535 tables per data session. However, if you
have more than 2000 tables open at one time, performance may be affected.

Additional query words: vfoxwin

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0

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