[comp.databases] clipper indexing

csc@chinet.chi.il.us (Craig Curtin) (10/22/89)

hello clipper users:

	i've got this simple stub that i cannot get to work. simply what i 
want to do is if the index file (tmp_name) is present do NOT create it, just
set the index to it else create it. this works the first time through the
system and dies whenever i set index to it.  anybody been down this road?
btw this is summer '87 and NOT clipper 5.0. is the jury still out on 5.0,
is it worth the upgrade if it ever gets released?
thanks!

		if (!file(tmp_name+indexext()))
			index on &tmp_key. to &tmp_name.
		else
			set index to &tmp_name.
		endif

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