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BUG: Index Tag Not Found with SET COMPATIBLE ON and DELETE TAG ALL

Article ID: 114257

Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 Standard Edition
Microsoft FoxPro 2.0
Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for MS-DOS
Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for MS-DOS
Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS

This article was previously published under Q114257

SYMPTOMS

When SET COMPATIBLE is ON and the command DELETE TAG ALL is issued, the error message "Index tag not found" is returned even though DISPLAY STATUS reveals that an index is open.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

In the Command window, issue the following command:
USE <table_name>
If this table does not have an index, create one by issuing the following command in the Command window:
INDEX ON <field_name> TAG <tag_name>
In the Command window, issue the following commands:
SET COMPATIBLE ON
DELETE TAG ALL

The error "Index tag not found" is returned.

Additional query words: errmsg err msg

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbpending KB114257