Volatile Files

These are files which only exist in memory; their contents are lost as soon as they are closed, or Superbase exits, or Windows crashes. Almost all operations which can be performed on a Superbase file can be performed on a volatile file (reorganizing is one exception). Volatile files can be created in many ways, and can be modified and used using the standard Superbase GUI tools.

CREATE MEMORY <filename>

(cf. CREATE <filename>)

SQL {BUILDFILE | CREATEFILE} MEMORY <filename> ...

(cf. SQL {BUILDFILE | CREATEFILE} <filename>)

SELECT ... TO FILE MEMORY <filename> [,DATA]

CREATE FILE [MEMORY] matchfile[;passwords] [, [MEMORY] nonmatchfile[;passwords]] FROM FILE sourcefile [WHERE filter]

(cf. CREATE FILE <filename> FROM <filename>)

CREATE NEW OPEN FILE [MEMORY] <filename> FROM <filename>