Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items
As there is only one geek here... and none of the application programs touch the dictionaries, It would be like putting a lock on the bathroom door in the honeymoon suite. --B -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Charlie Noah Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:34 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items I guess I sound sort of old school here (well, I /am /old), but has anyone considered record locking in this scenario? Regards, Charlie Noah On 09-29-2011 8:19 PM, Womack, Adrian wrote: I realise you already have an answer - but here's a one liner that would do the same thing, without writing any code: UPDATE.RECORD DICT filename F4,@ID ALL - DISCLAIMER: Disclaimer. This e-mail is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise us by return e-mail immediately, and delete the e-mail and any attachments without using or disclosing the contents in any way. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the author, and do not represent those of this company unless this is clearly indicated. You should scan this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. This company accepts no liability for any direct or indirect damage or loss resulting from the use of any attachments to this e-mail. - -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman Sent: Friday, 30 September 2011 2:44 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items I would like read open a (large) dictionary, read the line items, and write back the @ID field to Attribute4 (the column heading) of each. Syntax help would be appreciated. --Bill ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items
Adrian: Thanks UPDATE.RECORD is a useful thing to know about. It happens that on top of this task, for JDBC reasons, I had to do something similar with creating a large @SELECT statement. --Bill -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Womack, Adrian Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items I realise you already have an answer - but here's a one liner that would do the same thing, without writing any code: UPDATE.RECORD DICT filename F4,@ID ALL ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items
The same as you would with any other file - off the top : open 'DICT','filename' to dfp else abortm 'Cant open dict filename' execute 'SELECT DICT filename WITH TYPE=D' loop while readnext id writev id on dfp,id,4 repeat Gerry -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:44 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items I would like read open a (large) dictionary, read the line items, and write back the @ID field to Attribute 4 (the column heading) of each. Syntax help would be appreciated. --Bill ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items
Gerry: Thanks very much indeed. It works... and not a scrap of fat on it. --Bill -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of u2ug Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:51 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items The same as you would with any other file - off the top : open 'DICT','filename' to dfp else abortm 'Cant open dict filename' execute 'SELECT DICT filename WITH TYPE=D' loop while readnext id writev id on dfp,id,4 repeat Gerry -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:44 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items I would like read open a (large) dictionary, read the line items, and write back the @ID field to Attribute 4 (the column heading) of each. Syntax help would be appreciated. --Bill ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items
On 29/09/11 19:43, Bill Brutzman wrote: I would like read open a (large) dictionary, read the line items, and write back the @ID field to Attribute 4 (the column heading) of each. Syntax help would be appreciated. I'm guessing SQL might be your best bet - that should be a simple update query. But if you want to use BASIC, just OPEN DICT, FILE TO BLAH SELECT BLAH LOOP READNEXT ID SETTING MER WRITEV ID TO BLAH, ID, 4 WHILE MER REPEAT You'll need to clean that up, but there's your basic program. --Bill Cheers, Wol ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items
Thanks Wol... It looks good and closely resembles Gerry's answer. --Bill -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wols Lists Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:41 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items On 29/09/11 19:43, Bill Brutzman wrote: I would like read open a (large) dictionary, read the line items, and write back the @ID field to Attribute 4 (the column heading) of each. Syntax help would be appreciated. I'm guessing SQL might be your best bet - that should be a simple update query. But if you want to use BASIC, just OPEN DICT, FILE TO BLAH SELECT BLAH LOOP READNEXT ID SETTING MER WRITEV ID TO BLAH, ID, 4 WHILE MER REPEAT You'll need to clean that up, but there's your basic program. --Bill Cheers, Wol ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items
I realise you already have an answer - but here's a one liner that would do the same thing, without writing any code: UPDATE.RECORD DICT filename F4,@ID ALL - DISCLAIMER: Disclaimer. This e-mail is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise us by return e-mail immediately, and delete the e-mail and any attachments without using or disclosing the contents in any way. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the author, and do not represent those of this company unless this is clearly indicated. You should scan this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. This company accepts no liability for any direct or indirect damage or loss resulting from the use of any attachments to this e-mail. - -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman Sent: Friday, 30 September 2011 2:44 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items I would like read open a (large) dictionary, read the line items, and write back the @ID field to Attribute 4 (the column heading) of each. Syntax help would be appreciated. --Bill ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items
I guess I sound sort of old school here (well, I /am /old), but has anyone considered record locking in this scenario? Regards, Charlie Noah On 09-29-2011 8:19 PM, Womack, Adrian wrote: I realise you already have an answer - but here's a one liner that would do the same thing, without writing any code: UPDATE.RECORD DICT filename F4,@ID ALL - DISCLAIMER: Disclaimer. This e-mail is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise us by return e-mail immediately, and delete the e-mail and any attachments without using or disclosing the contents in any way. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the author, and do not represent those of this company unless this is clearly indicated. You should scan this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. This company accepts no liability for any direct or indirect damage or loss resulting from the use of any attachments to this e-mail. - -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman Sent: Friday, 30 September 2011 2:44 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] Reading Dictionary Items I would like read open a (large) dictionary, read the line items, and write back the @ID field to Attribute4 (the column heading) of each. Syntax help would be appreciated. --Bill ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
