Hi Dave --

Whoops. Almost forgot: A trick I use is that if all else fails, I create a remote view. If it works, I then run GENDBC versus the database container and then look at the resulting source code. That will show you how your properties should be set.


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>What is the source of the remote table? If it's SQL Server, then you may wish to put the database name in front of the table name as in:
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>=CURSORSETPROP("Tables","dbo.history","ahistory")
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>>I am attempting to update a remote table using sqlpassthru.
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>>Here is the error I get:
>>"No update tables are specified. Use the Tables property of the cursor."
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>>Here is my code that I run from the command window:
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>>x = sqlcon("smccmpinv")
>>y = sqlexec(x,"select * from history","ahistory")
>>=CursorSetProp("Tables","history","ahistory")
>>=CursorSetProp("KeyFieldList","tic_id","ahistory")
>>=CursorSetProp("UpdatableFieldList","cred_yes","ahistory")
>>=CursorSetProp("SendUpdates",.T.,"ahistory")
>>replace cred_yes with .T.
>>=Tableupdate()
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>>All of the cursorsetprops succeed and the connection and exec also work.
>>The tableupdate() fails. If I attempt to move the record pointer, I get the above error. There is no table or field rule set on cred_yes.
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>>Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>Thanks
>>Dave Mihalik
>>dmihalik@stansleygroup.com