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Activating and Deactivating Indexes
There are four ways to activate an index file:
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When you first create the index, make sure Open Table is checked in the Index dialog. This activates the index when the Index command is executed. |
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If you want to activate an existing index, click the index in the Overview. |
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If you want to activate an existing index, right-click on the index in the Overview and click OPEN. |
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If you want to activate an existing index on the command line or in a procedure, issue a SET INDEX TO index_name command. |
To check that an index is active, look at the left of the status bar. The window will indicate either x Records Indexed or x Records Filtered Index, depending on whether or not the index was created using a filter.
There are two ways to de-activate an index file:
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If you want to de-activate an existing index, right-click on the index in the Overview and click CLOSE. |
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If you want to de-activate an existing index on the command line or in a procedure, issue a SET INDEX command. |
For more information on the SET INDEX command, see Set Index.