Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!isc-br!tau-ceti!dogear!kharma!dave From: dave@kharma Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Judge reverses ruling Keywords: dBASE IV, Ashton-Tate Message-ID: Date: 16 May 91 21:19:14 GMT References: <18964@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> Organization: Computer Concern of Springdale, WA 1-509-258-7109 Lines: 25 dscavo@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (David Scavo) writes: > In <182@ahmcs.uucp> alan@ahmcs.uucp (Alan Mintz) writes: > > >I find myself in a position of HAVING to convert a Fox application to > >dBase IV because it needs to run on VMS. Thank for > > >It sure is a pain to try and come up with substitutes for things that just > >aren't in dBase IV like filtered indices, ALL those SYS functions (only some > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I for one am no big AT supporter, but I do believe that DBase IV 1.1 does > have filtered indices with the use of the FOR keyword in the INDEX statement. > Maybe this will save you some work. :) > Cheers. > -- You are absolutely right. The FOR keyword in the MDX in DB IV is one of the newer features that really make things nice, but the number & variety of possible solutions you can devise are limited only by the users imagination. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - isc-br!tau-ceti!dogear!kharma!dave [dave@kharma] Dave Laird, SysOp: kharma The Computer Concern, Springdale, WA 258-7109 or 1-800-786-7109 kharma: 509-233-8474 (Local from Spokane Area) 24hrs 1200-14400 (HST)