exists command - resolution

[Dennis Malen]

Brian,

I got this after I responded to you on the other.

Would I be correct that I don't need a "write or close"?

Dennis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian K. White" <brian at aljex.com>
To: "filePro mailing list" <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: exists command - resolution


>
> ----- 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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> >>
> >>
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