exists command - resolution

[Brian K. White]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
To: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
Cc: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: exists command - resolution


> Ken,
>
> I think your getting upset again!
>
> In any event, please clarify. Are you saying I should be using the export
> statement twice and only closing it once after the second export???

You dont' need to close it at all.
Look at the example I posted. No closes anywhere.
That is a very well tested template for an export with header I use all the 
time.

>
> Dennis
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
> To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
> Cc: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:36 PM
> Subject: Re: exists command - resolution
>
>
>> Quoting Dennis Malen <dmalen at malen.com>:
>>
>> > I did execute the export twice. The header was overridden. When I
>> > executed two differently defined exports it worked.
>> [...]
>>
>> Executing the EXPORT statement twice, without closing it in between,
>> will cause two records to be exported.  I have never heard of anyone
>> having such a problem.
>>
>> If you have a processing table that executes an EXPORT statement twice,
>> without closing it in between, and ends up with only a single record
>> being exported, then perhaps you need to contact fpsupport and arrange
>> to send them a file to duplicate.  (They would need actual files for
>> them to run, not small snippets as posted here.)
>>
>> As I said before, exporting a header record the first time through is
>> a very common task, and I've done it exactly as I stated -- by executing
>> the EXPORT twice.
>>
>> --
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