Re: Another Database SQL Update question

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I think what is going on here is that at one point, I had a problem that
made no sense and I decided that _TALLY wasn't reliable.

Meanwhile, as I said earlier, it is all over my code.

When I use it, I use it the way everyone says it should be used.

I do SELECT......FROM..... and then I immediately capture the value of
_TALLY

I think I'll go back to trusting it since all of the places where I use it,
it works just fine.

Thanks,
Jeff

"Gene Wirchenko" <genew@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Dan Freeman" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The mistake most people make with _Tally is that there are other commands
besides queries that set it. You have to grab the value *immediately*
after
a query or you might get a _Tally for some other action.

I've never seen it give a wrong value.

I go with Dan here. When I use it, I use it immediately,
typically:
<_tally value generating statement>
howmany=_tally
The assignment is before anything else, period.

This problem is reminescent of the parameters() function which
could throw one for a loop due to an OKL triggering.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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