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>>>>When the user enters a new unit, or modifies the current one, I need to save it. But I don't want it to save if the unit is a duplicate. I also want to be the one to give the error message.
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>>>>Currently, I have a complicated IF to determine if the unit has changed and then I scan through the table to see if it's already there. I also have to make sure I don't get an error if the user changes the unit name, then changes it back, because then it will have changed AND be in the table already.
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>>>>It seems like there should be a simpler way of doing this. I've made the unit name a candidate index. Can I do the row update and have it tell me if the key's uniqueness was violated?
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>>>>Is there some way to put this in the database so whenever a user tries to save a duplicate unit, my error message comes up an the save is rejected?
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>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>-Michelle
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>>>I think Candidate Tag is normal solution here.
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>>Candidate Tag? Is that different than making a field a candidate key? If not, and since it's already a candidate key, I don't see how that's a solution...
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>No, it's the same :). What's wrong you found? When you try to save a record, VFP will raise uniqueness violation error and you may trap it nicely.
I guess I'm not clear on error trapping. Do I do something like this:
ON ERROR llNotSaved = .T.
TABLEUPDATE()
IF llNotSaved
*Error message
ON ERROR
?
Thanks,
-Michelle
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