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Chapter 3
which shouldn’t be necessary under most circumstances. Cache Now is useful
primarily for two reasons:
 A data source is “locked” and can’t be updated by anyone until you end your
session, open a different data source, or cache the data.
 For large data sources, scrolling through the contents of the Data View tab in the
Data Editor
will be much faster if you cache the data.
To Cache Data Automatically
You can use the SET command to automatically create a data cache after a specified
number of changes in the active data file. By default, the active data file is
automatic
ally cached after 20 changes in the active data file.
E From the m
enus choose:
File
New
Syntax
E
In the syntax window, type SET CACHE n. (where n represents the number of
changes in the active data file before the data file is cached).
E From the menus in the syntax window choose:
Run
All
Note: The cache setting is not persistent across sessions. Each time you start a new
session, the value is reset to the default of 20.