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Managing rights on HFSQL Client/Server
To ensure data security and confidentiality, some actions may be restricted to a group of users...
Stored procedures and queries (HFSQL Client/Server)
The stored procedures are used to simplify the development and the maintenance of your applications by factorizing the code...
Installing an HFSQL Client/Server server with an application
When creating the setup program of a WINDEV application using HFSQL Client/Server tables, the wizard allows you to...
How to backup HFSQL Client/Server databases?
The backup of the HFSQL Client/Server databases can be performed ...
HFSQL Client/Server database: Recommendations
This help page presents the main recommendations for optimizing the security and performance of an HFSQL Client/Server database according to the constraints and desired features...
Restoring an HFSQL Client/Server database
A backup of an HFSQL Client/Server database can be restored at any time...
HFSQL Client/Server: Port management
The ports used by the HFSQL Client/Server server...
HFSQL Client/Server functions
Several HFSQL functions are used to manage the HFSQL Client/Server data...
HFSQL Client/Server: Backing up databases
Like for any database, backups of your HFSQL Client/Server databases must be performed on a regular basis...
HFSQL Client/Server: Scheduled tasks
The scheduled tasks are used to schedule automatic tasks...
HFSQL Client/Server functions (prefix syntax)
Several HFSQL functions are used to manage the HFSQL Client/Server data...
Managing the load balancing (dynamic load balancing on server)
The server that is hosting a HFSQL database engine can be very busy...
Overview of HFSQL Cluster
HFSQL Cluster is a database server intended to be deployed on several servers...
<HFSQL connection>.StatCalculateAsynchronous (Function)
Gets various statistics on the keys of an HFSQL Client/Server table.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
HAddScheduledOptimization (Function)
Adds an optimization task of HFSQL Client/Server tables.
<HFSQL connection>.ReindexAsynchronous (Function)
Rebuilds the index of an HFSQL Client/Server table (".NDX" file). This operation is asynchronous, i.e., it is performed on the server and does not block the client side.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<HFSQL connection>.CheckMemoAsynchronous (Function)
Checks the structural integrity of memos in an HFSQL Client/Server table.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
HFSQL Cluster functions
The following functions are used to manage an HFSQL cluster
Limitations of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile
A structure is a custom type of data...
Installing and configuring HFSQL Cluster
Required configuration and overview for installing HFSQL Cluster.
<HFSQL connection>.CheckIndexAsynchronous (Function)
Checks that the data contained in the index file (.NDX file) correctly references the data contained in the HFSQL Client/Server table (.FIC file).
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
Using the Control Centers in Client/Server mode
All the Control Centers provided with WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile use the same database...
Debugging a connection to an HFSQL server
The stored procedures and the triggers are debugged from the environment, with real execution on the server...
Notifications of an HFSQL server
A server may encounter problems without any user (or developer) noticing anything.
For example:
  • a scheduled task may fail,
  • an automatic backup may fail,
  • a node may become inactive in an HFSQL cluster, ...
Remote HFSQL Administrator: Overview
The remote HFSQL administrator is a WEBDEV site installed with the WEBDEV application server and used to remotely manage the HFSQL Client/Server databases installed on the Web server...
HCheckMemoAsynchronous (Function)
Checks the structural integrity of memos in an HFSQL Client/Server table.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
Authentication via Active Directory
Kerberos is an authentication mode based on the use of tickets and secret keys...
HReindexAsynchronous (Function)
Rebuilds the index of an HFSQL Client/Server table (".NDX" file). This operation is asynchronous, i.e., it is performed on the server and does not block the client side.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
HStatCalculateAsynchronous (Function)
Gets various statistics on the keys of an HFSQL Client/Server table.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
HCheckIndexAsynchronous (Function)
Checks that the data contained in the index file (.NDX file) correctly references the data contained in the HFSQL Client/Server table (.FIC file).
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<Connection variable>.AddScheduledOptimization (Function)
Adds an optimization task of HFSQL Client/Server tables.
Blocking tables: correspondence WINDEV 5.5 and higher versions
Returns the list of WINDEV or WEBDEV analyses (in HFSQL Classic format) available in a given directory....
LogBackupDirectory (Property)
The LogBackupDirectory property is used to manage the backup directory of log files.
Binary (Property)
The Binary property determines if an item is binary.
Memo (Property)
The Memo property is used to determine if an item is of type memo.
Hyper File functions available for backward compatibility
Transforms all "in transaction" records into "normal" records if they do not belong to an ongoing transaction......
CtCursorOptions (Property)
The CtCursorOptions property gets the cursor type used when connecting to an external database.
HInitHF55 (Function)
Used to access specific functions for managing xBase (or dBase) data if Native xBase Access provided with WINDEV or WEBDEV 14 is not available.
Abbreviation (Property)
The Abbreviation property gets the abbreviation of a table.
PasswordProtected (Property)
The PasswordProtected property is used to determine if a datafile is password-protected.
HErrorPassword (Function)
After the execution of a read or write function in a table, used to find out whether an error caused by a wrong password occurred on this table.
Numerical (Property)
Property Numeric property indicates whether a field is numeric.
NewRecord (Property)
The NewRecord property is used to determine if the record is a new record or if it comes from the table.
Index (Property)
The Index property indicates the physical index (physical order) of an item in a record.
Native SQLite Connector: Specific features and remarks
The following paragraphs present the main aspects and specific features of the Native SQLite Connector.
Null (Reserved word)
The Null keyword can be used according to different methods in WLanguage......
HRefreshView (Function)
Asks to recalculate the content of a materialized view.
<Connection variable>.RSWaitForDataProcess (Function)
Waits for: the replication data on the master server to be sent to the subscriber server. the replication data received on the subscriber server to be entirely applied....
<Source>.DeleteView (Function)
Deletes a previously created view. This function uses the former view mechanism.
<Source>.InfoMemo (Function)
Returns the characteristics of binary and text memos.
H.LanguageCreationUnicode (Variable)
Allows you to define the characteristics of the sort for the Unicode items found in a table.