one can even store fields that contain returns - replace them with an 'invisible' character such as vertical tab and each record will be one line. Tab-delimited text is so much easier to deal with - the text chunking commands you already know work great - and are very fast.
On 24 January 2012 11:52, Ken Ray <k...@sonsothunder.com> wrote: > > Ken - ever helpful! I'm sorry I grumbled about not getting replies. > That's just stupid, given that everyone on this list is busy, and it's bad > manners too. Anyway your reply (which I haven't quoted in full) shows me > how to get round my specific issues, so I see that it can be done: what I > have to do now is to decide between a perhaps more appropriate structure > using arrays, with the disadvantage of having to put them in a stack and > save it to get persistence, or to put up with the rather clunky XML > functions (yours or LC's) in order to get a simpler storage solution. > > If it's *really* simple, you might want to consider a simple tab-delimited > text file - by far the easiest approach, IMHO. > > :D > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. > Email: k...@sonsothunder.com > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode