I may be wrong, but I believe the "?+" could be read as "search for, and if not found, then add". As Greg said, "+" means absolute adding of a record. So I think you DO need the "?"
Kevin On 11/4/05, Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 4, 2005, at 1:22 PM, James Gray wrote: > > I assume the ? is not needed if I know there is no matching entry. > > Jim Gray > Right. But without it, you're (trying to) add an entry unconditionally. > Depending on how the file is set up, you may get a duplicate or an error. > The semantics of "?+" are essentially the same as LAYGO in Classic Fileman. > > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement > of everyday thinking." -- Albert Einstein > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
