Mike,
I agree with reasoning, but I have a slightly different methodology in that all
table/database variables AREN'T designated with a type prefix but all
programming variables are. This way there is never any confusion as I reckon
that the name in a table should only reflect the contents not the data type. If
you need to make the data type more obvious then include it in the name i.e:
Start_Date D
Is_Live L
Customer_Id C(20)
Addressing any of these field in mainline programming then becomes trivial and
you can easily do:
Scatter <Table> name oData
dStart_Date = oData.Start_Date
or declare a local/private variable lIs_Live with no fear of messing things up
with no confusion.
Personally I am not a fan of the "M." prefix and find it unnecessary.
Just a FWIW.
Dave
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On 2017-07-31 16:04, Ken Dibble wrote:
> GAAAAAHHH!!! That's it!!
>
> Not a PRIVATE declaration, the variable is declared LOCAL.
>
> But in application mode there is a field in an open table with the
> same name as the variable. I applied the "essential m-dot" to the
> variable, and that fixed it.
That "variable with same name as a field name" has screwed me in the past more
than once. That's why I like my "outdated" variable declarations as pcFilename
because I definitely don't conflict with MyTable.cFilename. That works for me.
Sorry for the purists who see that as horrible. lol
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