Is there any way to access/post deferred updates via scripting? We currently have a VBScript based loans system, and a large textbase that we would like to change to deferred updates (textbase is accessed via slow ISDN link).

The only problem we can forsee is that in attempting to loan an item that has been catalogued, but the update has not been posted to the textbase.

This could be remedied by forcing the updates to be posted by running a script to post updates when the loans system is activated.

There is no script command to post deferred updates.

Why not use the DB/Text PowerPack Updater service?

Since editing a record using Shared Immediate indexing automatically also posts any deferred updates, you could emulate posting the deferred updates by writing a Recordset script to make a change to all of the records with deferred updates.