Re: Field Value by Reference?

Glenn,

Use an array. Strip the last three digits of the field name and use that as the 
index of the array.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 16-6-05 at 15:51 Glenn Gundermann wrote:

>I hope my example below is clear. 
>
>I have one file with many records for a given part, each containing just one 
>value.  I want to update another file to hold all the values for one part on 
>one record. 
>
>E.g. 
>
>Input File: 3 fields: key + field name + value
> -----------------------------------------------
>PARTA  INV001   30
>PARTA  INV003   40
>PARTA  INV007   50 
>
>I want the output file to look as follows: key + values
> --------------------------------------------------------
>PARTA  30   <blank>  40   <blank>   <blank>   <blank>   50 
>
>There are a possibility of 999 different fields so I don't want to code a  
>complicated SELECT.