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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
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Posted: Thu Aug  9 12:20:46 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 08:27:41 EDT
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     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
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