Mike,

Thanks for the answer. I perceived the "use" command as if it were
actually opening the file at the time and, thus, quitting MySQL or
shutting down the computer without issuing a close command could corrupt
the file. However, from what it seems (and please correct me if my
understanding is in error), the "use" command is more like "Assign" in
Pascal: it assigns a filename with which file commands will be used but
does nothing with the file itself. Is this correct?

--John

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