Export problem

[Jeff Harrison]

--- Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at bestweb.net> wrote:

> Quoting Jeff Harrison (Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:59:48
> -0800 (PST)):
> [...]
> > The problem with the record number lookup is that
> > there may be deleted records.  So when the lookup
> > fails I can't assume that I am done, so I will not
> > know when I am at the end of the file.
> 
> Getnext/getprev on a record-number lookup will skip
> over
> deleted records.  (However, the original lookup must
> find
> an existing record before you can getnext/getprev
> through
> the file.)
> 
> > Also, can I count on "getnext -" working on a
> record
> > number lookup in 4.0?
> 
> I don't see why not.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Of course, your best solution may be to simply get
> them to
> upgrade their >15 year old version of filePro first.
>  :-)
> 
> --

Yes, I did ask them to upgrade.  No luck there.

So, my next question is - how do I get to the first
record?  Sorry, I would normally do some testing at
this point, but I don't have access to the 4.0 system.

Will I be able to do a record number lookup to record
#1, and still do a getnext - if the first lookup
fails?  This assumes I enter the processing with the
-xe flag.

I suppose, if necessary, I could create a blank
selection set before going into IUA and then use that
to get to the first record.

Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com

Author of JHExport and JHImport.  The fastest and
easiest ways to generate filepro exports and imports.


 
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