In a message dated 13/12/2004 15:49:31 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've seen 2 ways to read a client key, change the length to 6 digits, then write it back out, delete the old one and move on: EXAMPLE 1 of 2: !(FIXEMPNO) - Fix the employee number length open '','CUSTEMP' to CF else stopm 'Not' select CF 10: readnext K else stop read REC from CF,K then NK = fmt(K,"R%6") write REC on CF,NK delete CF,K end go 10 end Religious discussions aside, would it not be wiser to DELETE first and then WRITE, just in case K and NK are the same? Regards Malcolm Bull ==================================================================== Remember the websites: + Books & training courses for users of Pick & MultiValue systems: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/index.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/index.html) + Our series of MB-Master Self-Tuition Courses for users of Pick & MultiValue systems: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/mbslist.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/mbslist.html) + Our This is ... series of Books for users of Pick & MultiValue systems: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/thisis.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/thisis.html) + PDF versions of our Books & MB-Master Self-Tuition courses for users of Pick & MultiValue systems: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/pdf.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/pdf.html) + MB-Cyclopfdia for users of Pick & MultiValue systems: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtpublish/index.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtpublish/index.html) + MB-OnLine Publications for users of Pick & MultiValue systems: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtexts/index.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtexts/index.html) + Our SB+ Reference Pages: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtpublish/sbplus.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtpublish/sbplus.html) + The general Directory to our Training & Consultancy services: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/directry.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/directry.html) + Request a No-Obligations Quotation for our Training Products & Publications: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/proform.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/proform.html) + Pay for Products or Services with PayPal: _http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/payments.html_ (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbtraining/payments.html) ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
