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
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