Re[2]: ODBC connection problem...

     No, I don't think this process is the only one that touches that 
     file. I think he's testing for a very specific condition.
     
     Eric

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Subject: Re: ODBC connection problem... 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INET_WACO
Date:    10/29/98 9:01 PM


Would retrieving the number of records in the file currently give him the 
information he seeks without even reading the file?

In <9810299096.AA909699078@pmsi-services.com>, on 10/29/98 
   at 04:03 PM, "Eric DeLong"<eric.delong@pmsi-services.com> said:


>     Here's a new one on me. One of our PC developers here called me to 
>     assist him with a problem. Here's an outline of what we're doing:
>     
>     1) Connect via ODBC to file x.
>     2) check last record to see if the file needs to be refreshed.

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