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From: jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil (Jonathan Krueger)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: resume field statement in INGRES prob
Keywords: INGRES RTFM
Message-ID: <188@daitc.daitc.mil>
Date: 27 Sep 88 14:12:05 GMT
References: <1042@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU>
Reply-To: jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil.UUCP (Jonathan Krueger)
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In article <1042@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU> bi38@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU (Macbeth Ylr) writes:
>...I want to use the value in
>the first column of a table field (lastname) to fill in the 
>second column (if there is only one person with that lastname)
>and resume on the next row of the table field.  
>...Am I missing something or is Ingres 
>just lacking this seemingly simple and basic feature??

The former.  As per sections 5.7.2, 5.8.1 in the EQUEL/C manual:

	++row;
##	scroll formname names to row
##	resume column names lastname

If the user is entering data, it's even simpler:

##	resume column names lastname

The ordinary  will advance to the next row.  If the user never
enters data in the second column, it's even simpler yet: set the
column to display only with vifred.  Then the cursor will skip the
column automatically.

-- Jon
-- 
Jonathan Krueger  uunet!daitc!jkrueger  jkrueger@daitc.arpa  (703) 998-4777

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