Hi John, I think the problem you are seeing is a result of the EXECUTE command being executed in a separate shell or workspace. It can't see your select list. There are a couple of ways around this, use the PASSLIST keyword in the EXECUTE command (that is for ideal flavour, your mileage may vary according to your own flavour. It is all documented in the manual 8-)) or use a SAVE-LIST and then use the DATA statement to stack a GET-LIST command before you execute your ED statement.
Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 139 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2004 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [UV] Problem reactivating select list Other things to consider: 1. What happens if someone uses XEQ within ED to edit another record. 2. What about people using UPDATE.RECORD 3. And what about REVISE (ENTRO/MODIFY) There are many different ways to get around audit trails if people want to. AdrianW -----Original Message----- From: John Hester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2004 05:22 To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: [UV] Problem reactivating select list I wrote a wrapper for the ED command last week to keep an audit trail of any changes made to files outside our applications. I'm just writing a before and after version of an edited record to a temp file and comparing afterwards. All seemed fine until one of my coworkers informed me he could no longer use "X" to drop back to TCL after editing from a select list. This was due to the fact that I was processing the select list in the wrapper program and just executing ED once for each record. For "X" to work as it used to, I need to write out all the selected records at the beginning, let ED process the select list, then go back through the list again for comparison. <snip> Disclaimer. This e-mail is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise us by return e-mail immediately, and delete the e-mail and any attachments without using or disclosing the contents in any way. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the author, and do not represent those of this company unless this is clearly indicated. You should scan this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. This company accepts no liability for any direct or indirect damage or loss resulting from the use of any attachments to this e-mail. -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
