I'm trying to confirm that t3 WON'T appear in the "TABLES" list. Can I count on that behavior? I'm desigining a class that will DEPEND on that behavior. If I can't DEPEND on that behavior in future versions, then I'll parse throught UpdateNameList looking for the Tables that MAY get updated.
>Bill,
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>If t3 doesn't have any fields in the view then I don't think it'll appear in table list. It definately won't appear in the updateablefield list. If you want t3 in the table list include a t3 field that is non-updateable in the view result fields.
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>>Misunderstanding here.
>>I have a view: (note no fields are selected from t3, just used for filtering)
>>
>>Select t1.Field1, t2.Field2 ;
>> from t1, t2, t3 ;
>> where t1.Key1 = t2.Key1 ;
>> and t2.Key2 = t3.Key3 ;
>> and t3.Flag
>>
>>CURSORGETPROP("UpdateNameList") returns 't1.Field1, t2.Field2' (just what I expected)
>>but:
>>CURSORGETPROP("Tables") returns 't1,t2' (I expected 't1,t2,t3')
>>
>>Is this the way it's supposed to be?
>>IOW:
>>Can I COUNT ON CURSORGETPROP("Tables") only returning a list of tables that are included in CURSORGETPROP("UpdateNameList")?
Bill Morris