Thanks James,

right now there is only one record on the table, so should I issue the "update table..." and then skip and yes my PK is checked on the
view designer

mark oliva

>Mark
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>You don't need to issue an update statement with remote views. Just moving the record pointer will send the update if buffering is 3. If buffering is 5 then you need to issue a tableupdate(). You can also issue a tableupdate() with 3. Make sure the PK is checked in the view designer.
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>>Hello guys, I have a question
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>>I have created a remote view of a table that resides on a MySQL database
>>once I finish the process I issue the following last line
>>-- code ....--
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>>UPDATE upsdbc!mysql_fileinfo set processed=1 WHERE ALLTRIM(UPPER(upfilename)) = ALLTRIM(UPPER(inthefile))
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>>-- code...--
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>>where inthefile is the name of the file I have processed, I am just
>>changing the status of the processed flag from 0 to 1, If I used the
>>command line I am able to update the table on the MySQL table, if I use
>>the debugger I am able to update the table on the MySQL too, but when
>>I use the stand alone application the update does not change, I have tried
>>setting up row buffering on the row ( do not know if this works on the
>>remote view), by issuing the following line:
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>>lTest=CURSORSETPROP("Buffering", 5, "mysql_fileinfo")
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>>by no update happens, any insights would be appreciated.
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>>thanks
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>>mark oliva