Re; previous email

[Kenneth Brody]

On 4/5/2011 11:57 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
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> Ran a test late last night adding
>
> :fd ge "1":log(9)=fieldname(-,fd)
>
> When I added this check, the program ran properly when using rclerk.  I need to add a show statement prior to the posting line to see what the value of fd is.
>
> In all cases the value of fd should be 40 and the fieldname should be ownership.

"Should be" is not the same as "is".  :-)

In fact, if field fd were always 40, then the addition of your test would 
have had no effect.

What is the value of fd when the test is false?  And does it fail with the 
"reference to a field that doesn't exist" error in those cases?

> In some case, it posted properly on others, the record was created with this information.

Huh?

> Need to do a bit more research to see what is going on.


-- 
Kenneth Brody