@once problem

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at spamcop.net>

> On 10/13/2013 1:40 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> > Unless I'm greatly mistaken, there's no way to tell between a
> > deleted record
> > and an empty one in dclerk -- that is, it could be deleted, and if
> > you said
> > "Record 1", you wouldn't know.
> 
> Well, there are several ways to tell. One simple way is to put @CD on the
> screen. (Deleted records have a blank @CD.) Another would be to scan for
> @RN equal to "1". (It won't find it if record 1 is deleted.) There are
> others, but these should get you started if you really wanted to look
> for more.

I have always wondered why dclerk didn't *tell* you on the screen, somehow. 

Cheers,
-- jra
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