Re: spurious updates

> R.A.Royal@tees.ac.uk (R A Royall -Doctor) writes: > I am using 4GL RDS 1.10.03k with SCO Xenix 2.3.4 and getting > intermittent updating of rows which I have not selected > using some column values which I have selected > the updates show up in the audit log but not in my program > generated log of updates and inserts. > So far I have failed to find any problems with the code. > As a long shot has anyone had similar problems with this old > version of 4GL RDS and Xenix ? I used a version like this on an Altos machine under Xenix a long time ago. I can remember that if I declared a cursor including "for update" and tried "update ... where current of cursor name" I got all kinds of errors. I allways had to do updates using the primary key of the table. May be you have a similar problem? Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM-data, Dalsbergstien 7, N-0170 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company