doedit help

[Kenneth Brody]

Guy Templin wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions however even if I remove the edit on da it still
> does not function. I have printed below the contents of the ascii file I am
> importing from.
> 
> ACKN|11118
> SEND|Submit Request
> 
> With no edits the data should be left justified, not? It still fails the
> edit and db is blank.

Turn the debugger on, and see exactly what is in field da.

> Your suggestion to add [{!" "!}] to the beginning of my doedit I don't
> understand. Where exactly should I add it and what does it do?
[...]

Put it at the beginning of the edit.  It removes any leading spaces, which
is what would happen if the data were right-justified.

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