On Aug 25, 2009, at 5:41 PM, John wrote:
> First the fix.
> reportDS=dDataSet(reportDS.execute('select * from dataset'))
This is redundant. The execute() method returns a dDataSet. No need
to wrap it in yet another layer of dDataSet.
> The issue appeared when a special requirement for the reports came
> up. Larry
> wanted to retrieve data then delete a few of the records after
> processing and
> that left a number of records that could be batched for a second
> process.
> The criteria for the retrieved data was the same for both processes
> (so why
> make two calls). So he wanted to work with only one table. It
> sounds very
> much like a VFP way of thinking where all that was needed was a scan
> and
> process.
>
> It works and very well too.
Maybe you guys are thinking of the filter() function of datasets?
-- Ed Leafe
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