Jim Limburg wrote:
In looking at the sys_Tables I don't see this information
like this in the table, so how does this pull this kind of
info.. Out of thin air or ???
Jim,  This is no different than doing:

SELECT 'Jim Limburg' FROM Sys_Tables WHERE LIMIT = 1
It will return your name even though you are not listed anywhere
in the Sys_Tables table.  You can SELECT anything, not just
columns.  Try my SELECT statement at the R> and see.

This is also similar to what I always used to do with CHOOSE
boxes to create menus on the fly.

CHOOSE vr FROM #VALUES FOR +
       '1 First Choice         ' FROM x WHERE LIM = 1 UNION SELECT +
       '2 Second Choice        ' FROM x WHERE LIM = 1 UNION SELECT +
       '3 Third Choice         ' FROM x WHERE LIM = 1 UNION SELECT +
       '4 Exit / Quit          ' FROM x WHERE LIM = 1 +
       AT CENTER CENTER TITLE 'Title' +
       CAPTION 'Caption' LINES 6 FORMATTED

Notice that we're selecting a literal text string in this case
as well.  "x" is just a dummy table with one record in it.
CREATE TABLE x (x TEXT(1))
INSERT INTO x (x) VALUES ('x')

The other thing I wonder about this is when you executing
something like this are you going to the expense of
creating a record set when your using Oterro/RBase - ODBC.
I don't know.  I don't use record sets.  I use arrays.
Arrays are very fast, flexible and very easy to work
with.
I am thinking more in an Oterro environment through VB...
I know when you execute just a single Executable command
against through an ADO object your are doing this at the
expense of a creating a record set just for a quick
simple responce. I have used this method, but would like
to find better ways.
You don't need a record set to pull back a single
value (nor would you use an array) and it seems to
me that it would be rather inefficient to use one for
this purpose.

Scott
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