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From: tsui@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: foxbase problem, need help
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Date: 4 Aug 89 18:37:00 GMT
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/* Written  5:56 pm  Aug  3, 1989 by paul@csnz.co.nz in silver:comp.databases */
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I solved this problem for dBase III in London a few years ago.  I still
have the source, which I am happy to post to those who would like it.
Basically what it does is build a customised procedure by outputting
code to a text file, then executing the code.  The procedure output
by the program consists of a series of tests that cause it to exit
with a status flag set to failed unless it gets past the last IF.
Since you can't assume that any field is indexed you have to do
a sequential search, then call the procedure for each record.
...
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Please!  Post it . I think lot of people will encounter this problem
unless foxbase can eliminate its limitation.

Thanks!

--yufeng
tsui@silver.bacs.indiana.edu