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  1. dicesare

    SHAPE recordsets with no child

    Hi all! Does anyone know a method to instruct SHAPE to not return parents recordsets that do not have child recordset? for example, using the following SHAPE {SELECT * FROM publishers} APPEND ({SELECT * FROM titles} AS PubTitles RELATE pub_id TO pub_id) if a...
  2. dicesare

    SHAPE recordsets with no child

    Hi all! Does anyone know a method to instruct SHAPE to not return parents recordsets that do not have child recordset? for example, using the following SHAPE {SELECT * FROM publishers} APPEND ({SELECT * FROM titles} AS PubTitles RELATE pub_id TO pub_id) if a...
  3. dicesare

    SHAPE Recordsets with no child

    Hi all! Does anyone know a method to instruct SHAPE to not return parents recordsets that do not have child recordset? for example, using the following SHAPE {SELECT * FROM publishers} APPEND ({SELECT * FROM titles} AS PubTitles RELATE pub_id TO pub_id) if a...
  4. dicesare

    Access - Link to a BASIC DOS file

    Sorry Michael, I simply didn't understand what you suggested me. Now I will try to use the "Chunk" method. Sorry again.
  5. dicesare

    Access - Link to a BASIC DOS file

    for MichaelRed. thanks for your help. I currently use the method you suggest: I import the file into the mdb and then start the report, but it is a very slow process (due to high number of records). This is the reason why I'm trying to link the TXT file instead or parsing (importing) it. BTW...
  6. dicesare

    Access - Link to a BASIC DOS file

    thanks, jfischer MSDN says: "If all the records in a fixed-width text file are the same length, there can be an embedded row separator (such as a carriage return and linefeed) in the middle of a record. If the records aren't all the same length, embedded row separators should not be used...
  7. dicesare

    Access - Link to a BASIC DOS file

    Reading and interpreting the file is not a problem. I can easily do that. But this way I will have 2 separate files. I need to LINK the .TXT file because it is continuously updated by another application. I will use the Access file only for reporting, and I cannot say to the user(s) to import...
  8. dicesare

    Access - Link to a BASIC DOS file

    Hi all, Access 2000 allows me to link an external text file generated with Basic PDS 7 (DOS, aka Random file), using a fixed format. Unfortunately, all numbers (stored in IEEE format) are unreadable. When Access finds a CHR$(13) or CHR$(10) - they both may be into a number -, it interpretes...

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