Hi Disen:
OK.  FoxPro on Novell 3.11:  My recommendation is to get Pinnacle 
Publishing's NetLib for FoxPro.  It is excellent and I use it in every 
instance of FP and Novell.
Idiosyncracies on a LAN by FoxPro:  well, deadly embrace has been discussed 
already.  As you are already aware, I'm sure, FP moves faster when you have 
EXCLUSIVE use of your tables.  It doesn't allow for sharing, but it IS 
faster.  Still, SET EXCLUSIVE OFF should be one of your first statements of 
your main program.
There are about 7 different FP commands that require EXCLUSIVE use, some of 
which are outdated and irrelevant anymore.  But INDEX, PACK and ZAP are in 
use in my applications.  I know many avoid PACK, and with good reason, but my 
stuff often needs reduction once the records are processed or "cleared."  I 
may delete as many as 5 - 10K records each day.  The new records coming in 
are INSERTed, which is much faster than APPEND BLANK and more practical for 
our normal purposes.  Where manual additions are made, I prefer the BLANK 
record routines mentioned elsewhere.
This may or may not help, but I hope it does.
David in Fort Worth
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