Solution: Using ALTEREDRECORD in QTP

[Chris Sharman]

dennis@dhassell.com wrote:
> IIRC (it's been a few years), open a second copy of the file for output,
> with an alias name. Then look up on A and update on A_ALIAS. You'll need
> a unique key to link the lookup to the output.
> 
> Inside the program, make all the changes to A_ALIAS, and test for
> ALTEREDREC of A_ALIAS for the condition below.
> 
> I'm curious, though - the UPDATE won't happen unless there is a
> condition of ALTEREDRECORD anyway, and then the FINAL kicks in. I think
> the condition is redundant.
> 
> I've found QTP to be tough to work with when depending on the ITEM
> statements and IF conditions for anything much more than simple data
> transformation. I usually use the selection criteria to handle all of
> the if conditions, so everything selected (input phase) gets sorted
> (sort phase) and output (output phase). Input and output phases work
> differently with the conditions, so read up on them in the QTP manual.

iirc, using "item vendor_zip = vendor_zip + 1" (= rather than final) 
will have the desired effect, although there's an example in the qtp 
manual which suggests your code is correct as-is, so I'm not sure.

Chris



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