Re: Need Help

[Carl Galgano <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As a quick and dirty you can use query to join the 2 files and run it
twice, first select records not in the secondary file, next select records
not in the primay file.
HTH.
Carl

At 09:26 AM 7/31/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am looking for some advise.  I am working on a project, this project
>requires that I compare records from 2 files.  File A and File B.  File
>A is the primary file and File B is the secondary file.  I need to
>compare the records that are in File A to the records in File B.  What I
>am having a problem with is if there is a record in File B that is not
>in File A I need to know that.  I Was going to read File A and chain out
>to File B to see if the record exists in File B.  I am having problems
>on how to determine if there is a record in File B that is not in File
>A.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Greg Weber (IGRWU@Packerland.com)
>Greg Weber
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