At 05:00 AM 21-09-01 +0000, you wrote:

>How/What can I use external tables for if I can't update/delete
>records in it?

1. Importing data from an incompatible RDBMS or spreadsheet
2. Exporting data to an incompatible RDBMS, a spreadsheet or as input to a form document.
3. Processing output from a device, e.g. a timeclock or a process sampler

rgds,
Helen


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