[EXTERNAL] Re: having issues using index for a file

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Hi Helen,
In the dictionary or DB is student_num the name of the index?
Perhaps the index student_num has one item declared in that index,
something like student_no, and it's the item student_no powerhouse is
looking for.
Good luck.
Stay safe.
Lorry

On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 11:08 AM Helen Wellcome <HWellcom at wsboces.org> wrote:
>
> Didn’t work
>
> I believe I had tried that before. But I re-tried
>
> I would have thought it would have worked.  Don’t know why its being so picky
>
>
>
> set process nolimit
>
> > access google_students_201920 alias xwork
>
> > sort on student_num
>
> > define xemail1 char*45 = email
>
> > define xemail2 char*45 = " "
>
> > subfile xsthelentestgoogle keep at student_num include student_num, xemail1, xemail2 index student_num
>
> *E* Item specified for index/segment not part of subfile include list.
>
> > go
>
>
>
> From: Murray Scholz <murray.scholz at abri.une.edu.au>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 8:15 PM
> To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com; Helen Wellcome <HWellcom at wsboces.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: having issues using index for a file
>
>
>
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> Hello Helen,
> I think it's just complaining about the syntax of your subfile statement. Put the "index student_num" at the end, after your list of items.
> eg.
> > access parameters
> > sort on file-type
> > define a1 char*60 = param-descript
> > define a2 char*60 = " "
> > subfile xxxyyyzzz keep at file-type include file-type,a1,a2 index file-type
> > go
>
> Executing request 1 ...
>
> Records read:
>  PARAMETERS                              110
>
> Transactions processed:                  110
>
> Records processed:                     Added    Updated  Unchanged    Deleted
>  XXXYYYZZZ                                27          0          0          0
>
> Finished.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Regards
> Murray Scholz
>
> Agricultural Business Research Institute
>
> University of New England
>
> Armidale NSW 2351 Australia
>
> Email murray.scholz at abri.une.edu.au
>
> On 21/08/20 10:00 am, Helen Wellcome wrote:
>
> I have been coding with qtp for many years but am having a brain-lock.
>
>
>
> I have a file of students with emails. There are some students with 2 records and has caused problems on one of the reports , by listing a course twice.
>
> I wanted to take this file and create a file with    student_num    email1    email2   (one record for the student)
>
>
>
>
>
> set process nolimit
>
> > access google_students_201920 alias xwork
>
> > sort on student_num
>
> > define xemail1 char*45 = email
>
> > define xemail2 char*45 = " "
>
> > subfile xsthelnetestgoogle at student_num index student_num keep include student_num, xemail1, xemail2
>
>                                             ^^^^^
>
> *E* Expected:  .  OF  PORTABLE  FORMAT  <eol>  ALIAS  AT  IF  ON  APPEND
>
>       NOAPPEND  KEEP  TEMPORARY  DICTIONARY  NODICTIONARY  INCLUDE
>
>
>
> If there was no error I then had setup:
>
> Access google_students_201920 alias xwork &
>
> Link student_num of xwork to student_num of *xsthelentestgoogle alias xtemp
>
> Select if email of xwork <> xemail1 of xtemp
>
> Output *xsthelentestgoogle update
>
> Item xemail2 of *xsthelentestgoogle final email
>
>
>
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