Re: C-ISAM Question (pls. help)

> Lars wrote: > > According to the C-ISAM manual only the delete_flag should be > touched when deleting a record. > In my files it seems that the whole record is null'ified. > Is this correct or is it a feature in our C-ISAM. > The delete flag has no real function - it's set to ASCII NULL when the record ist deleted. Your record is nulled always, also inside transactions. I had a look at the section explaining the 'Data File Formats'. There I found: ... if the flag is equal to zero (ASCII null), the record is deleted. The following figure shows the data file format ... Not more - once I was talking with Dualta O'Brien from Informix about my understanding of deleting within transactions. If you are interested I could send you the essentials. -- Chris Drauch ...................................................................... . c/o DRAUCH Ges.m.b.H. Tel. 43/ 3135/46387-0 . . Gewerbestrasse 5 Fax 43/ 3135/4638728 . . A-8071 Hausmannstaetten EMail cdr@xteam.co.at . ......................................................................