Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!einstein!banner
From: banner@einstein ( infotech)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: DBASE IV for Sun 4 questions (long)
Message-ID: <8433@einstein>
Date: 26 Jun 91 13:05:04 GMT
References: <8331@einstein> <209@ahmcs.uucp> <220@ahmcs.uucp>
Organization: MITEL Corporation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
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> $ >I could not duplicate this under VMS, for what that is worth. Sounds like a
> $ >pretty serious problem!
> $ 
> $ My apologies for the bandwidth if this seems too obvious, but APPEND FROM
> $ (as well as COPY TO and others) are affected by the SET DELETED value.
> $ To cite the doc (which, in theory, should be the same for DOS, VMS, UNIX,
> $ etc.):
> 
> Ah, but his original post indicated that he had packed the original database
> after deleting the records, thus eliminating them. Perhaps the original
> poster can clarify.
> -- 

I have found that if I do set DELETED ON the append command does now appear
to work okay (ie this is a work-around for the behaivor I explained). Still,
the pack command does not exhibit the same behavior as on the DOS version...
In my case, the programs I developed in DBASEIV for DOS, the SET DELETED 
value did not matter if I _always_ packed the database after marking records
for deletion. 

A side note: I spent a good hour talking to A-T customer support yesterday
about my concerns, and have had several detailed responses from A-Ters on the
net. The purpose of my original post was to try and find a solution to the
problems I was having with DBIV for Sun and to that end I appreciate all the
feedback... I hope the tone of my first post was not misunderstood.
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Ross Bannerman           | Usenet: banner@semi.mitel.com
MITEL Corp. Kanata, Ont. | "It was like that when I got here..."
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