Perhaps a UniBasic program would be workable. --Bill
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeffrey Butera Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 11:26 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Friday query logic I can't get my head around the proper query logic on this Friday. I have a FILE with mv FIELD containing strings. I want to query records where at least one of the FIELD values doesn't begin with "SF..." or "SH...". To be clear: I don't want records if any of the following occurs: FIELD = 'SF123' FIELD = 'SH456' FIELD = 'SF123':@VM:'SH456' but I do want records if any of these occur: FIELD='PQ789' FIELD='SF123':@VM:'XY789' FIELD='SF123':@VM:'SH456':@VM:'GH789' ---------------- I tried SELECT FILE WITH FIELD UNLIKE "SF...""SH..." and SELECT FILE WITH FIELD UNLIKE "SF..." AND FIELD UNLIKE "SH..." but those include records where FIELD='SF123':@VM:'SH456'. Then I tried SELECT FILE WITH NO FIELD LIKE "SF...""SH..." and SELECT FILE WITH NO FIELD LIKE "SF..." AND NO FIELD LIKE "SH..." but that throws out records where FIELD='SF123':@VM:'SH456':@VM:'GH789' which I need to keep. I've tried some others variants using 'EVERY' but to no avail. So, I'm as a loss short of writing a I-descriptor. Anyone have their logic cap on today? -- Jeff Butera, Ph.D. Administrative Systems Hampshire College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 413-559-5556 "Email gives the illusion of progress even when nothing is happening." unknown ------- 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/
