Oh, I think the "habit was broken", PC MicroReality died and later revisions of the Microdata codebase did support it.
-Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PrecisOnline.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 9:50 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] OPEN Statement DICT Default It's a shame that the habit wasn't broken when it became optional. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 11:06 AM Subject: RE: [U2] OPEN Statement DICT Default > Early versions of Reality did require it, including PC-MicroReality. > > > -Kevin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.PrecisOnline.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:37 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: [U2] OPEN Statement DICT Default > > To All: > > Was there ever a real requirement on any prior flavor to have the > typically non-used DICT portion of the OPEN statement be the set of > quotes and a comma. > > I accidentally forgot it in 1978 on a Microdata and it still compiled. > To this day I have not seen a reason for the OPEN "","FILE" null dict > indicator and have not used it since unless I actually want the DICT > level. > > Just wondering. > > Thanks > Mark Johnson > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: > 5/5/2006 > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/