To stay with the picture of not using a hammer to drive in a screw, I
would just write a Basic program to do this.
Use the right tool for the job!
Open the file
Execute GET-LIST
Then a loop that generates the new Ids including checking that it
doesn't already exist, READU record from old Id,
Quite. Less lines than the original post.
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Another excellent suggestion, Mecki, especially if one isn't familiar
with paragraphs. I tend to use them a lot for one-offs because I've used
them a lot over the years, and am very comfortable with them, but a
Basic program would be just as easy. More than once I've built a
paragraph to do a
OK - a program was always a choice -- just wanted to ensure I had not missed
a 'simple feature' of AE along the way -- again - 90 records -- I have to
alter a single attribute and change the key ... was hoping I could do one
'compound' prestore! No such luck!
Thanks all... at least I know I have
Or, you could download the BPTEST or TRY program from:
http://www.pickwiki.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BasicSource
...then write the simple code from the command line. Not only are these
programs good to test syntax, but they're great for performing simple
tasks that don't work from the command
Sure, you should be able to write the record with the new key and then
delete the existing record. The trouble comes in making sure another record
doesn't already exist with the new key.
Hth
Colin
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From: David Wolverton
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:48 AM
To: 'U2
But how would I 'swap out' the bad piece?
For example - -the key is currently bad.1234 and I want it to be good.1234
How would I perform that 'replace' on the ID for the record?
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You can't 'swap'. What you can do is save it as a new name and delete the old
record.
If you are doing this on a live system as part of production support (hopefully
development isn't been done there), make sure you understand how code is using
that file and lock as appropriate, otherwise you
I do not think you can Prestore a replacement command to operate on the KEY
(attribute zero)
I would suggest giving the task to an expert user and teaching said user how to
look at the Key, mentally replace bad with good and then SAVE GOOD1234,
followed by FD
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And if you go that route, I have used Excel a number of times for this
type of thing. I use formulas to replicate what a user would type and then
paste into either TCL or ED. It takes a little time to work out the
details, but once you have it, you can reuse pretty easily. As someone
noted
There is also the danger in a PreStore where you go to field 30 to make your
change, but the record(s) in question does not have that many field. It
instead goes to the last field and execute the change. This can be disastrous!
Be careful!
JRI
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From:
On 28/05/13 20:05, Daniel McGrath wrote:
You can't 'swap'. What you can do is save it as a new name and delete the old
record.
If you are doing this on a live system as part of production support
(hopefully development isn't been done there), make sure you understand how
code is using
I would take my saved list and copy it to a text editor then using copy
commands and a quick macro convert the list into a bunch of COPY FROM FILE.A
BAD.KEY, GOOD.KEY commands. Then save it as a PA and then execute it.
David A. Green
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DAG Consulting
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Dang, David, you beat me to it. ;^) I was just going to suggest the same
thing. Just because the OP wanted to use ED (a hammer) to drive in a
screw doesn't mean that it is the best tool ( a screwdriver). Good answer.
Charlie Noah
On 05-28-2013 3:42 PM, David A. Green wrote:
I would take my
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