Selection set problem using -rx

Jeff Harrison Jeff.Harrison at Epixweb.com
Thu May 27 12:40:18 PDT 2004


Ray Scheel wrote: 
> 
> Jeff Harrison wrote:
> > Wow. Good job in including all the relevant data.  
> 
> I've been reading along for a long time, so I know the drill. 
>  Anything
> obscure enough to stump me and two other longer-time fP 
> programmers is going
> to involve a weird detail.  I'm logged into the fP room 
> (though with a muted
> mic and low volume since I reside in a cube) to be available for quick
> questions, etc.
> 
> 
> > I wonder though, what the
> > data looks like for your month field in the "att_cla_tea" 
> file.  I see
> that
> > the edit is "#", not "allup" as it is in your att_cla file. 
>  If the data
> has
> > " 3" and you are searching for "03" then that would be a problem.
> 
> No luck there (and I went to eyeball it again just to make 
> sure).  Month
> data is in the same format (e.g. '03") in all locations involved.
> 
> Also keep in mind that all the selections work on the test 
> machine using
> identical syntax across the board, and they work even for the 
> "problem" file
> in production if specified as "03" and "2004" *within* a selection set
> rather than being *passed in*.
> 
> If it helps, the map and key I used on my test area was 
> recently copied
> there from the production machine (past 3-4 days) and appears 
> to still be
> the same in both locations.  And aside from the keys and 
> indices involved,
> all the processing is newly written and copied over from test 
> this morning,
> so there should not be ghost copies floating around.  
> 

Ok, then my next question would be, are the config files and environment
identical on the two machines?   In particular, do you have PFIXS=ON on one
and not the other?

Jeff Harrison
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