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Mike: On Thu, 27 September 2001, MBarton@pink.co.uk wrote: > >>I beleive you can delete the record usind a dfu. > >>Simply enter the key field to (identify the particular record) > >>and press enter > > >F23 will not work. > > I did try this out before posting by corrupting my data > using WRKDBF so I know it works.. I doubt if WRKDBF could (or would) corrupt the data as has happened in this case. I'd be very disappointed in WRKDBF if it did (although somewhat impressed). > >When I hit F23, I get > >the message > >"Record to be deleted is not specified" > >since the invalid data stops the record from being displayed. > > You must enter the key of the record to be deleted. > Simply hitting F23 on its own will give the message > you describe. In order to delete these records with DFU, I suspect it would be necessary to access them via an arrival sequence access path and select them by relative record number or via a different keyed access path. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/
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