Woodhouse
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 11:05
PM
To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members]
Pointers and keys
There are applications that use semantically meaningful values for the
IEN, but I don't recommend doing this. In fact, I would recommend rather
strongly that you
With so much excitement, I hate to post such a mundane
question as pointers and keys. However, I have never been able to get KEYs
to perform in the way I expect. I want to have file TESTFILE point to field .01
of another file so that I can use backward pointers. Further I would like to
@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Hardhats-members]
Pointers and keys
With so much excitement, I hate to post such a mundane
question as pointers and keys. However, I have never been able to get
KEYs to perform in the way I expect. I want to have file TESTFILE point to
field .01 of another file so that I can use
.
Chris
- Original Message -
From:
Thurman
Pedigo
To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:02 PM
Subject: [Hardhats-members] Pointers and
keys
With so much excitement, I hate to
post such a mundane question as pointers
]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Richardson
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 9:35
PM
To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members]
Pointers and keys
Thurman;
How do you know that the number that you are
assigning is unique? What does the unique
: [Hardhats-members]
Pointers and keys
If your TESTFILE field .01 is a pointer to
another file, then the DOE,JOHN cant be the internal value
in the .01 field. DOE,JOHN could be in the .01 field in the
file TESTFILE is pointing to. And, yes, you should be able to have a
unique number in field 2
There are applications that use semantically meaningful values for the IEN, but I don't recommend doing this. In fact, I would recommend rather strongly that you do not do this. However, you CAN ensure that a field such as .01 be unique. You need to create new style cross-reference, and this will
Sorry...I meant to say semantically meaningful IENs.
Certain IFCAP files do this, and it really is a pain in the neck.
===
Gregory Woodhouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Education is a progressive discovery
of our own ignorance.
--Will Durant
On Jul 29, 2005, at 10:05 PM, Gregory Woodhouse wrote:
but
