Something like this:

select * from EmpTable into cursor CX where EMPNO = nEmp ;

and KDATE = dShift and SHIFTNO = nShift

if reccount(CX) = 0

*-- then he's not there

In other words, forget about the VFP concatenations, just ask the

question field by field.

Dan Covill

San Diego

On 09/21/11 05:37, Ajoy Khaund wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I have a composite key in VFP like

>

> Padl(empno,4,'0') + DTOS(kdate) + Str(shiftno,1)

>

> I use this index to do a seek to find out if a record exists for a particular employee on a particular date in a particular shift.

>

> How can I do that in sql. I am going to use cursor adaptors.

>

> TIA

>

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