Q317980: FIX: Inserting Records with Buffering can Cause VFP to Hang

Article: Q317980
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDatabase KbDBFDBC kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283 kbVFP700sp1fix
Last Modified: 30-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you use optimistic table buffering, and you insert a large number of records
that use transactions into the table, Visual FoxPro may stop responding.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0.

This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps To Reproduce Behavior
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1. Paste the following code in a program (.prg) file, and then run the program
  from the Command window:

  #DEFINE NUMRECORDS 600

  LOCAL i, n,nRecNo

  CLEAR ALL
  CLEAR
  SET TALK OFF
  SET SAFETY OFF
  SYS(3050,1,100)
  SYS(3050,2,100)

  * Close any open databases.
  CLOSE DATABASES ALL
  CREATE DATABASE Test

  ERASE Test.dbf
  CREATE TABLE Testx (name c(100),aa c(100))
  CREATE SQL VIEW Test AS SELECT * FROM Testx
  USE Test
  REQUERY()
  SET MULTILOCKS ON
  INDEX ON name TAG name
  CURSORSETPROP("buffering",5)

  * Add 600 records to the table.
  FOR i = 1 TO NUMRECORDS
    INSERT INTO Test (name) VALUES (TRANSFORM(i))
  ENDFOR

  * Generate a random number between 0 and 1.
  RAND(1)

  FOR i = 1 to RECCOUNT()
     n=INT(RAND()*RECCOUNT()+1)
     GOTO n
     REPLACE name WITH TRANSFORM(RECCOUNT()-i)

     * Display the records at 100, 200, and so on.
     IF MOD(i,100) = 0
     ? i
     ENDIF
  ENDFOR

  * Insert another record in the table.
  BEGIN TRANSACTION 
    INSERT INTO Test (name) VALUES ("test")
  END TRANSACTION

  *Locate the first logical record in the table.
  LOCATE
  nRecNo = 0
  * Run through all of the records in the table.
  SCAN
     * Display the record number and the contents of the name field. 
     * The record number is negative because the record has been appended in 
     * a buffer. FoxPro will lock up on record number 573. It happens when it 
     * is scanning through records after they have been inserted.
     ? RECNO(), ALLTRIM(name)
     nRecNo = nRecNo + 1
  ENDSCAN
  * Display final stats
  ? nRecNo, NUMRECORDS

Note that Visual FoxPro stops responding while the program is running.

2. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open Windows Task Manager, and then click End Task
  to close Visual FoxPro.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbDatabase KbDBFDBC kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283 kbVFP700sp1fix 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP700
Version           : :7.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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