-P correct use

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> Subject: -P correct use
> 
> If I execute a lookup to a file and do not post to that file 
> and a -P is used, will that corrupt anything.
> 
> After the recent clarification, we understand that if we post 
> we must have a -P. and should not have a -P if we are not posting.
> 
> What happens if we have a -P and we are not posting. I have 
> some old processing that still has the -P. Is it imperative 
> that the -P be removed.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dennis Malen
> 516.479.5912 
> 
Dennis,

One can do as many looks as one wants without the -p as long as you are not writing to that file.

As an example, enter a customer code

@wlf10
 
      then lookup cust = un_cust@  k=10   i=B -nx
5  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
     ◄ If:         NOT cust
     Then:         ez=10;GOTO zlook1
6  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
     ◄ If:
     Then:         2=cust(1);sa=cust(11);sb=cust(12);sc=cust(13){","<cust(14);display
7  --------
	  if:
	then: END

This is a small snippet of code without a -p, just a lookup and getting values into the working file.  As long as I don’t write to cust, I don’t need to use -p.

Be careful with using -p with browse lookup, all of the records in the browse will be locked.  Not a good idea.  If you need to post to a selected record, grab the record # and then do a record # lookup using -p to that record, post whatever, write ..... And then return to the browse.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting