RJ edit

[gliderman.one at verizon.net]

GCC wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
>>[mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
>>Of gliderman.one at verizon.net
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:07 PM
>>To: Kenneth Brody
>>Cc: filepro-list1
>>Subject: Re: RJ edit
>>
>>Kenneth Brody wrote:
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>>>Quoting gliderman.one (Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:22:24 -0400):
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>>>>My processing using about 85 dummy data records works fine 
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>>using the 
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>>>>RJ edit.
>>>>Customer's processing containing about 4,000 records does not.
>>>>Customer's  data  says it begins selecting records, but freezes 
>>>>without doing so.
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>>>How and where does it "freeze"?
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>>Using  -a  to select all records, the freeze occurred when  10 
>>records were read and  0 selected.
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>>I changed the field edit from RJ to  .0  and rebuilt the 
>>index and it worked fine.
>>I changed the field edit from .0 back to  RJ and rebuilt the 
>>index and it works fine.
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>>So, whatever  was causing it, I have changed by changing the 
>>field edit?
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>>If you can guide me as to what to look for, I can copy the 
>>malfunctioning file again from a cd.
>>
>>Charles Day
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>Just as an experiment, restore the file and then run freehn against it.  Rebuild
>you index and then try your report.
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Richard,  I tried to run freechain but discovered I apparently do not 
know how to run freechain.  I made a menu entry to execute 
freechain.exe  while in the specific file.  The screen blinked but 
nothing seemed different after running.

>If I recall correctly, rj will right justify anything placed in the field.  If
>this is strictly a numeric field, why not leave it as (2,.0)?
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I did leave it as .0.  I only changed it back to RJ to see if it would 
run.  It did.  I then changed it back to .0.

>My best guess about your problem is that you may have had bad data in this field
>and changing the format eliminated the data when chagrining the value from ASCII
>to numeric. 
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I agree with you. I was hoping I could pinpoint the bad data record in 
order to pass the info to the customer.

Charles Day