--- James Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > --- James Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Actually when people try to do imports of patient registration > data > >> from > >> another system into VistA they are doing something that is > >> essentially > >> editing by hand. > > > > Of course. But does having noble intentions make the process work > any > > better? > > No, and it seems that Kevin ran into a problem with his import. My > main > point is that this is not really something that "you should never > do". It > does sound like that when people write there patient reg imports for > VOE > they need to use classical Fileman to do the edits. I must confess > that I > do not know why they could not use the silent calls. > Jim > >
Any logic tucked away in a special lookup routine will not be honored by the silent calls. That's expected because the lookup routines are used to provide a user interface (comparable to ^DIC). Using special lookup routines to enforce integrity constraints is a bad idea for just this reason. === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "If you give someone Fortran, he has Fortran. If you give someone Lisp, he has any language he pleases." --Guy L. Steele, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
