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Article #7321Re: Relational files in 4D
From: Edmund Davis
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 1991 19:39
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 1991 19:39
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In article <FRANCIS.91Feb15113318@wolfman.cis.ohio-state.edu> francis@wolfman.cis.ohio-state.edu (RD Francis) writes: > >Along the more or less lines, it's important to note that (unless it's >one of the things that got changed with version 2.0) local variables >($<varname>) don't carry their definitions into APPLY TO SELECTION >commands; try replacing $new above w/ NewCoName or something like >that, to get better results. >-- >R David Francis francis@cis.ohio-state.edu Yes, in ver. 2.1.1, $var (local variables) do retain their values throughout an APPLY TO SELECTION command. I am not sure when exactly this was implemented but I just tested it and it works fine. (Although, I have had some inexplicable difficulties with pointers and indirection along these lines...) In the given example, you _probably_ could have simply specified the field name itself, but I haven't checked this out. alex ---- Edmund A. Davis Internet: alex@eniac.seas.upenn.edu ACIUS Registered Developer US Mail: 233-F So. Melville St. Philadelphia, PA 19139 (215) 386-3305
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!csn!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!alex From: alex@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Edmund Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Relational files in 4D Message-ID: <37746@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 17 Feb 91 19:39:44 GMT References: <9102141103.aa17479@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> <37592@netnews.upenn.edu> <FRANCIS.91Feb15113318@wolfman.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: alex@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Edmund Davis) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 25