I like that, but the cursor/table may be unknown at design time. Is there a way to know the key field (or expression) of the current ALIAS?
>I know you've been given a lot of answers to this question, but unfortunately they all involve saving and going back to the record number. If your 'Do Something' code deletes any records with lower record numbers than the record you're on, and packs, you're up the creek.
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>The best way is to save the key, and after 'Do Something', re-seek the key. Even if the cursor is empty, nothing bad will happen.
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>Alan
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>>I use the following code in numerous methods to keep record pointers where they belong
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>>cAlias = ALIAS()
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>>nRecNo = RECNO()
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>>Do Something
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>>SELE (cAlias)
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>>GOTO nRecNo
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>>But if the ALIAS was empty then the GOTO will give a record out of range error. Often the Do Something code is using tables/cursors, etc and the goal is to leave open data the same when exiting a method as it was on entering. Any thoughts? Thanks!
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>>Regards, Renoir