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Why suggest a band-aid fix when it's obvious this is a development issue. Can't you see I'm trying to rid the world of band-aids and GOTOs? Solutions like that lead to more headaches in the long run. Just do it right. Bite the bullet. :) Bradley V. Stone bvstone@taylorcorp.com http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/ "She's into Malacas, Dino." > -----Original Message----- > From: James W. Kilgore [SMTP:qappdsn@ibm.net] > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 7:00 PM > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > Subject: Re: Subfile processing with duplicate keys > > Never tried this, but doesn't the feedback area give you the record > number of the > physical file? You could display the logical and update the physical. > > If not you may be able to hide enough fields in your subfile to > actually update > the physicals (or the physicals unique key logical) > > Stone, Brad V (TC) wrote: > > > Darlene, > > > > You must have a logical with a unique key on this file somewhere. > If > > not, it's time to create one. This is really the only way to do > what > > you describe. > > > > If you do fine one, you'll have to load at least the key fields of > the > > unique logical into the subfile (hidden or viewed, it doesn't > matter) to > > use to chain to this unique logical for update. > > > > If you don't find one, make one and do the above. > > > > Bradley V. Stone > > bvstone@taylorcorp.com > > http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/ > > "She's into Malacas, Dino." > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tim-Bar [SMTP:timbar@blazenet.net] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 7:22 PM > > > To: midrange-l@midrange.com > > > Subject: Subfile processing with duplicate keys > > > > > > We have a multiformat logical file that has duplicate keys that > needs > > > to > > > be updated in a subfile program. You select the record you want to > > > update and it is displayed on the screen. Because of the duplicate > > > keys, > > > you don't get the record you want. You can't use relative record > > > number > > > with a multiformat logial file. Anybody got any ideas? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Darlene Brengle > > > Norsoft, Inc. > > > +--- > > > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to > MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > > > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > > > david@midrange.com > > > +--- > > +--- > > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to > MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > > +--- > > << File: Card for James Kilgore >> +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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