DELETE.INDEX |
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The DELETE.INDEX command deletes an alternate key index.
Format
DELETE.INDEX file.name field(s) to delete specific indices
DELETE.INDEX file.name ALL to delete all indices
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The DELETE.INDEX command deletes the named indices. It requires exclusive access to the file to do this. Once an index has been deleted, any queries against the named field(s) may require processing of the entire file to locate records.
Example
DELETE.INDEX ORDERS DATE
This command deletes the index on the DATE field of the ORDERS file.
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