DOCUMENT:Q318980  10-APR-2002  [foxpro]
TITLE   :FIX: ICE Deleting Records in a Buffered Table
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER::7.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbDatabase KbDBFDBC kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283 kbVFP700sp1fix

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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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When you use optimistic table buffering and you append records to a table, and
then you delete all the records in the table, you may receive the following
error message:

   Internal consistency error.

If this message is reported, Visual FoxPro closes.

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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Paste the following code in a program (.prg), and then run the file from the
Command window:

   LOCAL iRecordNum, iLoopVar

   CLOSE DATABASES ALL
   DELETE FILE testitem3.*
   CREATE TABLE testitem3 (f1 c(5))

   * Insert 1853 records in the table
   FOR iLoopVar = 1 TO 1853   && Does not happen with 1852
      INSERT INTO testitem3 VALUES ('xxxxx')
   ENDFOR

   INDEX ON f1 TAG f1
   INDEX ON DELETED() TAG DELETED
   USE

   SET DELETED ON
   USE testitem3 SHARED
   SET ORDER TO 1
   SET MULTILOCKS ON
   =CURSORSETPROP('buffering', 5)
   DELETE ALL

   * Append 16 records to the table
   FOR iRecordNum = 1 TO 16
      ? iRecordNum
      APPEND BLANK
   NEXT iRecordNum

   BROWSE NOWAIT

After you run the program, you receive the error message that is described in the
"Symptoms" section.

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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