I found the solution---add the word copy. rec: all [find database code copy (find database chknum)]
For some reason I keep having to learn that lesson again and again. :>) Louis At 02:43 PM 4/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Rebol friends, > >I have the following line of code to check to make sure that a record does >not already exist, but it always returns none: > >rec: all [find database code find database chknum] > > >> find database code >== make hash! ["boo" > make object! [ > code: "boo" > chknum: "9898" > date: 19-Jan-2001 > amount: $100.... > >> find database 2 chknum >== "9898" > >> rec: all [find database code find database 2 chknum] >== none ; Why is this none???????????????? > >Futher testing shows where the failure is happening: > > >> rec: all [find database code] >== make hash! ["boo" > make object! [ > code: "boo" > chknum: "9898" > date: 19-Jan-2001 > amount: $100.... > >> rec: all [find database 2 chknum] >== none > >> find database 2 chknum >== "9898" > >> all [find database 2 chknum] >== none > >> find database 2 chknum >== "9898" > >> > >Why? > >Louis > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes. -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
