TableValidate question

I've been having some read errors in files over the network and I saw
that someone suggested setting TableValidate to 0 for no validation.
The help file, though, says the following about TableValidate:

"You must first open the table exclusively before using the SET
TABLEVALIDATE command."

I don't understand what that means because you can open a table in
shared mode after your set tablevalidate to 0. Does it mean that
TableValidate is ignored unless a file is opened exclusively?

Kevin Clark
Seton Home Study School

Dan
Fri Jan 27 12:19:24 CST 2006

The help file is wrong.

You can issue SET TABLEVALIDATE any time, icluding using it in config.fpw.

The actions that may ensue may require exclusive use, which I suspect is
where that note comes from in the help file. But as written, the help file
is incorrect.

Dan

KevClark64@hotmail.com wrote:
> I've been having some read errors in files over the network and I saw
> that someone suggested setting TableValidate to 0 for no validation.
> The help file, though, says the following about TableValidate:
>
> "You must first open the table exclusively before using the SET
> TABLEVALIDATE command."
>
> I don't understand what that means because you can open a table in
> shared mode after your set tablevalidate to 0. Does it mean that
> TableValidate is ignored unless a file is opened exclusively?
>
> Kevin Clark
> Seton Home Study School