So what your saying is turning you column names into vars very quickly.
Man how cool is that. That could be a really cool shortcut.
On 11 Dec 2003 at 8:52, Shane Handley wrote:
> The great thing about this (and main reason I need to use it) is for this reason:
>
> After creating a table, if i need to write an application that has a
variable for
> every column (to insert a null into each column before loading a form
for
> example) and create a cursor I can go:
>
> output whatever.dat
> list [table]
>
> then in qedit, select the table info file:
>
> Table: tablename
> Descr: tableDescr
>
> No. Column Name Attributes
> --- ------------------ -------------------------------------------------
-----
> 1 Lineno Type : INTEGER NOT NULL AUTONUMBER
> Consrnt: PRIMARY KEY
> 2 gfdsfds Type : INTEGER
> Consrnt: FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES
OTHER_TABLE
> 3 gfdsgfds Type : DATE
> 4 tyeryte Type : TIME
> 5 hgfddd Type : DATE
> 6 qqqqqqqqq Type : TIME
> 7 AllowCode Type : TEXT 55
> 8 AllowDollars Type : CURRENCY
> 9 DedCode Type : TEXT 55
>
> and do a block selection on the areas that I need to replace. So I can
select the
> column numbers from each line, (but only the column numbers, not the
whole
> line) and replace it with "set var v" then do the same block selection
on
> the 'TYPE' area all the way to the bottom of the table and delete
them...etc.
>
> In the end, I can select and delete/replace a few selections and I get:
>
> set var vLineno INT
> set var vgfdsfds INT
> set var vgfdsgfds DATE
> set var vtyeryte TIME
> set var vhgfddd DATE
> set var vqqqqqqqqq TIME
> set var vAllowCode TEXT
> set var vAllowDollars CURR
> set var vDedCode TEXT
>
> ..and so forth, all just a few seconds work. This can be really handy
when you
> have a table with 200 columns in it. You can use the same flexible
selection tool
> to create cursors from a "list" output as well.
>
> Anyways, that's why I need the block selection tol in q: to be able to
select,
> copy and paste areas of text completely unrestricted by the line
formatting.
>
> I hope this can clear it up a little.
>
> > I guess im not seeing it. Could you explain how this would be useful
in
> > with a r:base exsample. Maybe its something we could get from 7.0's
RBE
> >
> > On 10 Dec 2003 at 13:40, Emmitt Dove wrote:
> >
> > > QEDIT (which, by the way, I use every day) will manipulate blocks
just like
> > > RBEDIT and RCODE, but additionally can copy a rectangle out of the
screen.
> > >
> > > For instance, in the text below, the letters in CAPS could be copied
by
> > QEDIT:
> > >
> > > this is a test
> > > this IS A test
> > > this IS A test
> > > this is a test
> > >
> > > If you then pasted the result you would see:
> > >
> > > IS A
> > > IS A
> > >
> > >
> > > >By "block" I thought he meant block copy , block delete, block
edit, or
> > > >speed jump marking of spots. What is a block in q edit?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >David Blocker
> > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >781-784-1919
> > > >Fax: 781-784-1860
> > > >Cell: 339-206-0261
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:51 AM
> > > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Insufficient space to process [table]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Actually, it doesn't do the "block" functions that Shane was
talking
> > > >about. I
> > > > > remember Q Edit. You could define a rectangle of characters,
not
> > > >necessarily
> > > > > including beginning and ends of lines, and could copy, replace,
> > shift
> > > >left, shift
> > > > > right and things like that to that rectangle. That was
sometimes a
> > very
> > > >nice
> > > > > feature.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bill
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:38:41 -0500, David M. Blocker wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >RBEDIT does!!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > Emmitt Dove
> > > Manager, DairyPak Business Systems
> > > Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc.
> > > 40 Lindeman Drive
> > > Trumbull, CT 06611
> > > (203) 673-2231
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> >
> > Victor Timmons
> > Tiz's Door Sales, Inc
> > 425-258-2391
>
>
Victor Timmons
Tiz's Door Sales, Inc
425-258-2391
