Associated fields question

Jaime Perry jaime at hoovercs.com
Thu Mar 30 07:09:05 PST 2006


I have forgotten to mention this is Filepro 5.0.14 on SCO Unix 5.0.7

Jaime

Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Quoting Jaime Perry (Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:39:22 -0500):
>
>   
>> I have considered that option. Like you, I generally do not like temp
>> files. I understand the associated fields logic but when I check @af in
>> the selection processing, it is always "1" whether it is the first time
>> I hit the record or the ninth (using the index built on the associated
>> field). This makes me wonder if @af works in a selection process or if
>> there is some environmental variable that needs to be set/changed to
>> make it work right. And I do need it in  the selection as  my sorts are
>> based of of it.
>>     
> [...]
>
> If you sort on an associated field, then @AF will contain the current
> instance number.  Otherwise, there is no "current instance", and @AF
> will be "1".
>
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