on 1/30/01 3:11 PM, Erik Mueller-Harder at lists /at/ praxisworks D.O.T com wrote:
>> I want to produce an empty cursor for importing text into, or at other
>> time, for adding a new record to via code.
>>
>> I tried selecting for recid = 0,
>
> That's correct. You should end up with a zero-record cursor, with no
> database errors.
>
>> but that didn't accept the import.
>
> What do you mean? Are you getting a Valentina error? At what stage?
Doh! I spoke too soon. I had expected to see the cursors record count
reflect the imorted records, and it didn't. But I see the records found
their way into the base object nonetheless. Sorry to assumed trouble before
investigating further.
Robert
> Your code should look something like:
>
> - select statement ("select * from myBO where recID = 0")
> - assignment statements
> - cursor Add function
>
> depending on what language you're working with. In REALbasic:
>
> vc = new VCursor(myDB, "select * from myBO where recID = 0")
> vc.StringFIeld(1).value = "some sample text"
> vc.Add
>
> Do you definitely have a writeable cursor? You can't yet write a cursor
> that's built on more than one base object.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Erik
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