Re: 4GL puzzling reactions

Posted in 1994

arthur.e.cooper — Tue, 5 Apr 1994 20:23:15 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> > > > First situation: After entering info. and hitting return or > > ESC key, the cursor moves back to the left field delimiter > > erasing the entry. It accepts the entry on the second try. > > What is causing this?? > > Sounds like you have the 'validate' attribute there in the form, > or in syscolval (use upscol to change it). This forces you to > enter the data the SAME WAY twice. If you don't it errors. Returning to this problem I find (to my dismay and contrary to the suggestions): The keyword VERIFY was not used in the form specification. Executing the upscol utility shows that there are no validation nor attribute tables for this db. The second entry, in this case, does not have to be an exact duplicate of the first. ?? -- Art Cooper AT&T Bell Laboratories att!ihlpl!wd9aet 708-979-3049