SELECT (was RE: Problems with Sort/Selection processing on associated fields.)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting John Esak (Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:25:42 -0500):

> You can only use SELECT once on the select table.  Well, that is to say
> rather, you can only select the record one time while on a sort/select prc
> table.
>
> (I do not know what would happen if you did a lookup dash to yourself over
> and over and hit a SELECT each time... Something for someone more curious
> than me to try. :-)
[...]

SELECT is closer to DELETE than PRINT.  That is, it is a deferred action.
The record is marked for selection, which will take place once sort/select
processing is complete for that record.  So, repeatedly using lookup-dash
and SELECT will end up only selecting the last record moved to.

-- 
Kenneth Brody