>I use to use characters strings as my primary keys, but now I would like to use integer keys. With characters strings as my PKs, I was able to set up a parameterized view that would let me select either one record or all records from a table. If I wanted one record, I would set my view paramter like this:
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>lcJob_ID = "00001"
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>before I required the view. If I wanted all records, I would set the paramter like this:
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>lcJob_ID = SPACE(0)
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>Can I do the same thing if I use integer PKs?
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Not directly, but you can kludge it by defining your view something like this:

SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE MyTable.PK = ?lnPK OR ?llAllRecords

You then have to make sure you set llallrecords to .F. before queryiing the view, or if you want all the records, set it to .T.

I know, not as slick as just setting your character varibale to "", but it works.