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Subject: Re: Duplicate key error on file with no key
From: Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 16:14:30 -0500
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are there any unique LFs or indexes on the file?

Thanks,
Tommy Holden

From: Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: 05/12/2010 04:12 PM
Subject: Duplicate key error on file with no key
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Subject says it all. I used DDS to create a file. It has no key fields
defined. No "UNIQUE" keyword, yet I get a "duplicate key" error when the
contents of a record are duplicated.

Did I miss a keyword when I created the file or did I make the wrong
assumptions about a keyless file?

Pete

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