My take on it was that he had 3 save-lists and he wanted to select from
FILE_A those items that were not in any of the lists. NSELECT maybe but
perhaps not.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen E. Elwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: [U2] Complicated Select


> No, it's not just you.  I read it three times and still am amazed that the
> syntax was even allowed.  I have never seen anyone use more than one file
in
> a select list in 17 years of using pick out of my 31 years of
programming...
> Live and learn!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:05
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [U2] Complicated Select
>
>
> Maybe it's just me, but I read your email multiple times and don't really
> know what you are asking.
>
> Are you saying you have two files FILE_A and FILE_B and a select list of
> IDs you wish to omit?
>
> In other words, select all records in FILE_A that have the same item ID in
> FILE_B and then MERGE-LIST DIFF with the omit list?
>
> Bruce M Neylon
> Health Care Management Group
>
>
>
>
>
> "Aherne, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 04/11/2005 07:04 PM
> Please respond to u2-users
>
>
>         To:     <[email protected]>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        [U2] Complicated Select
>
> Hi all,
>                  I want to do a complicated select statement in UD.
> Basically, I
> have a list of items "AA", "BB", "CC". I want to do a select along these
> lines:
>
> SELECT FILE_A WITH RECORD_A IN (SELECT FILE_B WITH NO @ID = "AA" "BB"
> "CC")
>
> RECORD_A is MV
>
>
> Is there a way to do this in UD?
>
> TIA,
>     John Aherne
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