Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekig1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!tekig1!dont From: dont@tekig1.UUCP (Don Taylor) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: dBASE II Problem Message-ID: <1736@tekig1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 12:20:46 EDT Article-I.D.: tekig1.1736 Posted: Thu Aug 9 12:20:46 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 08:27:41 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 19 X The first serious work I've tried to use dBASE for and I find troubles. I created a file with a 6 char field, a 20 char field, and 2 10,2 numeric fields. I do an append and enter no records, append and enter some records, edit some of the records, turn carry on and off, etc. I display all and get all the records entered, but edit gives record out of range. Display status gives 89 records while display all shows all 500+. Ashton Tate says there are embedded ^Z's and tells me how salvage all the records except the one with the ^Z inside. Their explanation is 'well you must of hit some wrong keys, or the power glitched, or there was static or something'. This problem occured over and over in the file. It sounds EXTREMELY remote that the static has this thing about ^Z's. I think there is still some bug in 2.4 that writes this into the file, but they are not going to listen to this. Can anybody reproduce this so we can either take them to task, or so WE can find a fix. I have also had it throw me back to the '.' with carry on, and tapping linefeed at each field, to enter a duplicate record. Anybody seen this one either? Thanks Don Taylor tektronix!tekig1!dont