Multiple lookups to the same file with different aliases?

[Dennis Malen]

Thanks so much. You just fixed a recent problem I was having.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Harrison" <jeffaharrison at yahoo.com>
To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>; "'filePro Mailing List'" 
<filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: Multiple lookups to the same file with different aliases?


>
> --- 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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