Re: [pilot-db-list] another snapshot

[Tom D. <td...@vg...>]

On Tue, 2 May 2000, Larry W. Virden wrote:

> The problem with making a copy of the database is that if someone is
> memory starved they may not get to make the change.  The problem with
> making the change directly is that if something goes wrong, the database
> is lost...

Safety first then. Rebuilds (add/delete fields, change field type) should
happen infrequently so asking user to have free memory should not be a
major hassle. (If not, they can always hotsync and use desktop utilities
to do conversion.)

Tom