Link to a dbIII file

[Pierre]

Hi,

Actually i am able to link to an external dbIII file.

My problem is that i want to make an indexed search in that file.

I dont want to use the index file associated with the db file (.ndx)
since i never know if they are updated.

Is it possible to do that and how,

regards,

Pierre

 

[Larry Linson]

... I want to make
an indexed search in that file.

I dont want to use the index file
associated with the db file (.ndx)
since i never know if they are
updated.

Is it possible to do that and how,

Perhaps it is possible, but I don't know how one could possibly perform an
indexed search without the index. You could, I suppose, import the .dbf into
an Access table, and create an index on the Access table. I suspect, unless
you will be doing multiple indexed searches before the data has to be
recaptured, that importing and indexing will cost more than performing the
indexed search will save over performing an un-indexed search.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP