SET INDEXEXT

Class

Xbase Compatibility

Purpose

Specify file extension for index filenames

Syntax

SET INDEXEXT TO [<expC1>[, <expC2>]]

See Also

DB_FOXPLUSBUGS, DB_FOXPROKEYS, DB_SAMBA, EDITFIELD(), FILETYPE(), FMT(), INDEX, INDEXEXT(), REINDEX, SET CLIPPER, SET CLIPPER5, SET COMPATIBLE, SET EDITFIELD, SET FILECASE, SET FILETYPE, SET FORMAT, SET INDEX, SET MEMOEXT, SET PCEXACT, SET PCFILTER, SET PCGRAPHICS, SET PCKEYS, SET PCLOCKING, SET PCPICTURE, SET PCSAYS, SET PCUNIQUE

Description

The SET INDEXEXT TO command specifies the extension that will be used for index files.

Parameter	Description
<expC1>	Specifies the extension for single index files. If omitted, the single index file extension is set to the default extension ’ndx’.
<expC2>	Specifies the extension for multiple (tag) index files.

The default index file extensions are also affected by the SET COMPATIBLE and SET CLIPPER commands.

Example

set indexext to ".ntx", ".cdx"
index on name to names
use name index names

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer