Possibly SOLVED Re: Now *here's* an odd problem with dclerk

[Bruce Easton]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote Monday, March 17, 2008 6:42 PM:
> 
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 03:25:06PM -0700, Jeff Harrison wrote:
> > > Just for grins, I turned index scan off with -jn,
> > > but that didn't help.
> > > 
> > > Anyone ever seen this?
> > 
> > Any automatic processing?
> 
> I just checked.  If I -y ! -z ! then I get the right records back from
> sort selection.
> 
> What the hell?
> 
> [ looks further ]
> 
> I can't check the automatic table because it's encoded, and has a
> password, which I don't know.
> 
> That may be an error, or just a mistake.
> 
> In any event, if that table was encoded by 5.0.14 or newer, that might
> be my problem.  It's back in the realm of the sane now; thanks.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> -- 
> Jay R. Ashworth                   Baylink                      
>

I didn't realize you were using sort/sel prc to test this, but glad 
you are now seeing a difference.  And, this business of the 
CP and encoded crap on Windows is really getting my kilt in 
a pinch - that just happened to me today.  Others here have been 
through this one system again and again and have assured me that 
I shouldn't run into it again - that the icon they've set up for me 
on a 2003 server should keep me out of trouble.  But no, half the 
time when I go in and out of prc tables that only I use they get 
saved with the CP and now, ocassionally, not in ascii mode.  So, 
it did it again today, and now I have to wait - I'm not sure what 
I can do now.

I was thinking about this when I chimed in recently about other 
Windows fp time-stealers, but I couldn't quite remember.  This 
one has cost me quite a bit of headache and time.

Bruce

Bruce Easton
STN, Inc.