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Conditional Indexes
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Conditional indexes are produced by using a FOR condition in the index
creation process. These indexes are made fully maintainable by storing
the FOR condition in the index header. This condition is subsequently
retrieved and compiled each time the index in opened. During updates,
items are added to the index only if they meet the criteria of the
condition.
Since older applications do not have the ability to recognize and use
the condition stored in the header, they must be prevented from opening
the index since they corrupt the index. This is accomplished by
modifying the signature of the index (in the index header) preventing
pre-CA-Clipper 5.2 applications from being able to open the index.
CA-Clipper 5.2 applications can detect the flag in the header and will
automatically use the stored FOR condition correctly.
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