Re: 4th D File Relationships

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From: Charles B. Wilber
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 21:05

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Jason:  I haven't actually done what you asked about but I would think
it could be accomplished procedurally. In the input layout of the first
file you would need a procedure (perhaps a script attached to the
lonking field?) which would search the linked file for matching
records. If the search returns no matching records in the linked file,
the procedure would branch to a "Create Record" routine. You would need
to include some sort of field-incrementing routine in the create
procedure since linking fields must be unique in at least one of the
files.

If you send me a structure file in which you would like this to happen
I would be glad to cobble up some sample code for you.

Regards,
Charles B. Wilber
Dartmouth College

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