<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Thanks, Bob:</DIV>
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<DIV>Well, it is a PRIMARY file and I see this sloppy ITEM statement used for a whack of table variables.</DIV>
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<DIV>The context and usage consists purely of an ITEM statement with no value, no other program references.</DIV>
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<DIV>FWIW Dictionary states ZONED UNSIGNED size 4; Rdb Integer size 2....</DIV>
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<DIV>How are things in ON?<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>John M Penney</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>1532 Fern Street SW</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Olympia, WA 98502</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>(360)789-8159</STRONG></DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 12/11/09, Bob Deskin <I><Bob.Deskin@ca.ibm.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Bob Deskin <Bob.Deskin@ca.ibm.com><BR>Subject: RE: Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:<BR>To: "Pickering, John (NORBORD)" <John.Pickering@norbord.com><BR>Cc: "Penney, John" <resolutebay@yahoo.com>, powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=ca.ibm.com@lists.sowder.com, "power-l" <powerh-l@lists.sowder.com><BR>Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 10:43 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>That would certainly be the net effect. QUICK always initializes to <BR>default values first, regardless of anything else, but I can't remember <BR>whether you'd get dictionary initial values as well.<BR><BR>The context and usage of the item should tell you why the ITEM statement <BR>was there.<BR><BR>Bob<BR><BR><BR><BR>From:<BR>"Pickering, John (NORBORD)" <<A href="http://us.mc300.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=John.Pickering@norbord.com" ymailto="mailto:John.Pickering@norbord.com">John.Pickering@norbord.com</A>><BR>To:<BR>"Penney, John" <<A href="http://us.mc300.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=resolutebay@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:resolutebay@yahoo.com">resolutebay@yahoo.com</A>>, "power-l" <BR><<A href="http://us.mc300.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=powerh-l@lists.sowder.com" ymailto="mailto:powerh-l@lists.sowder.com">powerh-l@lists.sowder.com</A>><BR>Date:<BR>12/11/2009 11:07 AM<BR>Subject:<BR>RE: Quick (As in
QDESIGN) Question:<BR>Sent by:<BR>powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=<A href="http://us.mc300.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ca.ibm.com@lists.sowder.com" ymailto="mailto:ca.ibm.com@lists.sowder.com">ca.ibm.com@lists.sowder.com</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><WAG><BR>Maybe this is used to cancel the automatic item initialization that <BR>Qdesign would generate for items in secondary and detail files which have <BR>the same names as items in the primary file?<BR></WAG><BR><BR>Regards,<BR>JWP<BR><BR><BR>From: powerh-l-bounces+john.pickering=<A href="http://us.mc300.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=norbord.com@lists.sowder.com" ymailto="mailto:norbord.com@lists.sowder.com">norbord.com@lists.sowder.com</A> [<BR>mailto:powerh-l-bounces+john.pickering=<A href="http://us.mc300.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=norbord.com@lists.sowder.com" ymailto="mailto:norbord.com@lists.sowder.com">norbord.com@lists.sowder.com</A>] On <BR>Behalf Of Penney, John<BR>Sent: Friday, December 11,
2009 10:53 AM<BR>To: power-l<BR>Subject: Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:<BR><BR><BR>OK, folks:<BR><BR>It's been a long week, but I came across this construct in a relatively <BR>mature (13+ years of age) Quick screen:<BR><BR>Item LAST_THERAPY_SEQ_NBR of PARTICIPANTS<BR><BR>Note there is no value or variable assigned, just the "ITEM" and that is <BR>that.<BR><BR>Curious. I think I know the answer, but can anybody splain what the system <BR>will assign?<BR><BR>More of a qquestion is why anybody would write code like this.... Nother <BR>story.<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>John M Penney<BR>1532 Fern Street SW<BR>Olympia, WA 98502<BR><BR>(360)789-8159<BR>-- <BR>= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =<BR>Mailing list: <A href="http://us.mc300.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=powerh-l@lists.sowder.com" ymailto="mailto:powerh-l@lists.sowder.com">powerh-l@lists.sowder.com</A><BR>Subscribe: 'subscribe' in message body to <BR><A
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