Re: The delete opcode

Apologies... I stand corrected.

On 8/1/06, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Simply not true, Tony.

dou not %found(filename);
   delete Klist filename;
enddo;

Works just as well in fixed-format; you can even use an indicator in
positions 71-72.

Joe

> From: Tony Carolla
>
> That is correct.  In fact, if there are multiple records that match the
> keylist, and you want to delete them all, you have to CHAIN/READE to
each
> one of them before deleting them.
>
> Much different from the SQL DELETE function.


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