Flush data now

Command group Flag affected Reversible Execute on client Platform(s)
Changing data NO NO NO All

Syntax

Flush data now

Description

This command causes any modified data which has not been written to disk to be immediately written to disk. This command will only do something if a Do not flush data command has been executed.

This command leaves the flag unaffected and is not reversible.

Example

# fast import
Test for only one user
If flag true
  Do not flush data
  Drop indexes
End If
Prompt for import file
Prepare for import from file {Delimited(tabs)}
Import data lImportList
End import
Close import file
For each line in list from 1 to lImportList.$linecount step 1
  Prepare for insert ## transfer list to file
  Load from list
  Update files
End For
Flush data now ## writes the data immediately to disk
Build indexes ## rebuild indexes
Flush data ## Changes mode back to 'Flush data'