Please have a look at my blog entry: remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com/blog/tech/mv/2007/01/dict-items01.htm l I explained there how Pick dict items work, where conversions and correlatives are processed in a very specific order. I'm not familiar enough with the nuances of the Prime influences on U2, but this may help a number of us to learn. Aside from common documentation, can anyone provide insight into nuances about exactly how the U2 platforms (and I really hate to lump them together for this) might process descriptors like this?
In D3, one way I'd solve this problem is to use the dict attributes as follows: 001 S 002 1 007 Tfile;x;;99 008 T1,4 Richard, note that your first example of T1,4^TOther.File will not work because of the way the dict items are processed, as described in my blog. I'm also guessing the "253" in there was just a typo. The second and third examples are fine for output only, but would be different depending on how you'd want the data sorted and selected. Again, understanding this for U2 types would be very helpful. Thanks. Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com > From: Richard Lewis > In a Pick-style dictionary, a correlative like this should work: > > T1,4^253TOTHER.FILE;X;;99 > or: > A1(T1,4)(TOTHER.FILE;X;;99) > or: > F;1;(T1,4);(TOTHER.FILE;X;;99) > > or as an I-descriptor expression: > > TRANS(OTHER.FILE,SUBSTRINGS(F1,1,4),99,'X') ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
