>>I am probably missing something very simple (I guess too many hours working today <g>). Here is the situation:
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>>
>>* Cursor MyCursor is empty
>>* Table MyTable has field PK. The first record of MyTable PK is 5
>>* Other record in MyTable have different values of PK (1,2,etc).
>>* The following command is supposed to append records...
>>select MyCursor
>>append from MyTable for MyTable.Pk = nPk
>>* but the above works only if nPk is = 5 (that is, the value in the
>>* first record of MyTable. If I try any other value of nPk, no
>>* records are appended to MyCursor
>>
>>
>>What am I missing?
>>
>>Thank you.
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>The append from kind of reopens MyTable and selects it as the current alias for the time of the append.
>The reopened alias is then closed and the previous workarea is reselected (MyCursor)
>Hence, do not prefix Pk with any alias
>
>select MyCursor
>append from MyTable for !deleted() and (Pk = m.nPk)
>
>
>The code you are using can be translated as follows
>
>local AppendAnyRecord
>AppendAnyRecord = (MyTable.Pk = nPk)
>
>select MyCursor
>append from MyTable for m.AppendAnyRecord
>
Gregory,
Following up your explanation that MyTable is reopened for the append (with a new alias, say XX) then APPEND FROM MyTable FOR MyTable.Pk = nPk is equivalent to: APPEND FROM xx FOR MyTable.pk = nPK.
This is the equivalent, in turn, of asking to append ALL records from XX since MyTable is in a record with pk=nPk. (MyTable does not move from that record throughout the append). If MyTable were in a record for which pk # nPK, no records will be added.
The only problem with this is that I understand Dmitry found that only one record is appended in the original case, so this explanation is only correct if I misunderstood :)
