Two observations on this thread. 1. Doesn't the word FORCE apply to delete to bypass the Y. 2. I don't trust MODIFY for that very reason. I've re-written my own and installed it when necessary. It's hard to understand how Unidata missed that.
my 1 cent. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Smoak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:10 AM Subject: RE: [U2] Unidata - Delete records > > I am trying to delete certain records from a UniData file. > > I select the records to be deleted ( @ID > 1, in this case ). > > And then I say DELETE <filename/select listname> > > And it prompts for a Y/N reply. > > Is there a way to bypass this prompt? Or can this be done without user > > interaction? > > Is there a way to pass Y always as the default? > > (The attachment didn't come through, for me at least.) But if you're > trying to do this from a paragraph, you can put: > DATA Y > To 'answer' the prompt you know is coming. > > (Check what happens if your SELECT doesn't find any records, for MODIFY > it ends up using the entire file.) > > -- > Wendy Smoak > At 8:11 AM... is the delay fixed yet? > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
