I'd start by looking at the option XUSERNEW and thinking about how to make it non-interactive. Trying to add a whole record in one fell swoop might be possible for file 200. File 2, well, I think trying to add everything in one UPDATE^DIE call would be a disaster.
--- "Theriot, Derek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am very new at this so I'm not sure what you mean by building the > entries > incrementally. Do you mean inserting the data straight into the > globals? I > was hoping to use UPDATE^DIE since it does all of the indexing...(at > least > that's what the documentation says). > > Anyway, can you provide me with a starting point and maybe a short > summary > of what would be involved. > > What I am trying to do is populate file 200 with data from our Doctor > Master > file. Since I work for a large university with several hospitals, we > have a > few thousand doctors that would need to be entered. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Greg > Woodhouse > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 4:03 PM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] UPDATE^DIE > > There are a few files like 2 and 200 that have so much logic built > into > the DD (try looking at a standard listing) that doing bulk updates > like > this is all but a lost cause. You can try tracking it down, but most > likely you'll have to build your entries incrementally, following the > logic in the Registration module, or something similar. > > (Editorial aside: I don't think things have to be that way, they just > are.) > > --- "Theriot, Derek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am trying to populate the NEW PERSON file by reading a text file > I > > received from an existing application. I have written a routine > that > > will > > read the file and create the FDA array. However when it gets to > the > > UPDATE^DIE call, I get the following message: > > > > > > > > . S [EMAIL PROTECTED]@($TR(P,"+?")) > > > > ^ > > > > <UNDEFINED>ADDCONV+5^DIEF1 > > > > > > > > I am only trying to load a few fields for now just to try to get it > > working. > > I think I have the required fields covered (NAME, SERVICE/SECTION). > > > Is > > there something I'm missing? Does anyone have a better suggestion > > for > > accomplishing this? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The most profound technologies are those that disappear." > --Mark Weiser > > ==== > Greg Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration > Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > "The most profound technologies are those that disappear." --Mark Weiser ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
