Multiple lookups to the same file with different aliases?

[Jeff Harrison]

--- Dennis Malen <dmalen at malen.com> wrote:

> Can you clarify the use of the -P, protected lookup.
> Is the list saying that 
> if you want to write to a lookup file that you use
> the -P? I was under the 
> impression that you use the -P only if you were
> pulling information from the 
> lookup file.
> 
> Can someone clarify or did I misunderstand the post.
> 
> Thanks!
> 

The -p should be used ONLY when you do a lookup where
you intend to do a write.  It sounds like you had it
backwards - which I believe is probably giving you all
kinds of grief with unnecessary record locks all over
the place.  Also data corruption could be caused by
not using the -p when needed.

Other than that you should be fine, though.  :-)

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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