Selection set and missing records

[GCC Consulting]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:34 PM
> To: rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
> Cc: Filepro 2 List
> Subject: Re: Selection set and missing records
> 
> GCC Consulting wrote:
> [...]
> >  Group   Field  Heading                 Rel    Value
> > 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
> >         <  13 < Item_number                <        <
> > 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------
> > Selector Sentence:
> > 
> > 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
> >                                F6 -Display Fields
> >               Press  F10 -Record Selection  ESC -Cancel  F1 -Help
> > 
> > When I compared the full report to this report, I found that some 
> > items with no "item #" were missing from the report.
> > 
> > Any ideas as to why some records were not included?
> 
> Are you running the report on an active file with "-u"?  (Or 
> an active file where the "missing" records were added after 
> the report was run?)
> 
Ken,

At the time the reports were run, no one was accessing(as far as I know) the
records except the running report.  And yes -u is on the menu command line.

My head isn't to clear today.  Is there a better way to select records where a
field is blank then as I did in this case?

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting