Associated fields question

[Jeff Harrison]

--- Jaime Perry <jaime at hoovercs.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Jeff Harrison wrote:
> > @af would not be "1" necessarily, the first time
> you
> > encounter the record.  The @af value will
> correspond
> > to the "row number" within the associated field
> > grouping.  For example if you had A0) as your
> > associated field group in your map as follows with
> the
> > following values for record #1:
> >
> > Field #   Group     Value
> > 1         A0)       BBB
> > 2         A0)       BBB
> > 3         A0)       AAA
> >
> > If you sort the output by A0) then @af will be "3"
> on
> > the first record when you are processing the "AAA"
> > value.  This is because it is the third instance
> of
> > A0) in the map.
> >   
> 
> Correct, I stated that wrong.
> > You should certainly not be getting "1" for all of
> the
> > values of @af, unless you are only using the first
> > instance of the "row" in you map. 
> >
> >
> >   
> What do you mean by "using the first instance of the
> "row" in your map"?
> 
>
 
In my example above that would be if you only had data
in field #1 - not in fields 2 or 3 in the record.

Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com

Author of JHExport and JHImport.  The easiest and
fastest ways to generate code for filePro exports and imports.

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