However, I think it is exactly what I had in mind, Thank you
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Gene Wirchenko<[email protected]> wrote: > At 21:55 2009-07-18, Sytze de Boer <[email protected]> wrote: >>Can I SUM data without changing the record position >> >>e.g >>I'm on row 10 in a 20 record table >>I issue the command SUM ALL AMOUNT TO MY_TOTALS >>But I son't want to shift the record position >> >>(I know I could do it as follows, but is there an alternate?) > > You could do an SQL select, but the code is more complex! > >>istartonrow=recno() >>SUM ALL AMOUNT TO MY_TOTALS >>go istsrtonrow > > Watch out! If eof() before the sum, the goto will throw a > "Record is out of range." error. To avoid this, I have a couple of > routines that save position and restore position, roughly > > saverecno() > if eof() > return 0 > else > return recno() > > restorerecno(position) > if position#0 > goto position > else > goto bottom > skip > return > > Sincerely, > > Gene Wirchenko > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
