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    Open a connection to a database file and read its contents

    I have been working on other projects lately, but I have solved my issue. When trying to copy items from an old database to a new one and the connection to the old database is made at run-time, the easiest way to achieve this is through separate queries, one for each DB. DEF VAR tablename as...
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    Open a connection to a database file and read its contents

    Greg, That sounds excellent. I do want to copy records across databases. If they are both connected to at run-time, how can I use buffer-copy() to achieve this? Tamhas, Both databases are connected. Each has a unique logical name. Unfortunately, I can't access them using explicit statements...
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    Open a connection to a database file and read its contents

    I think there may have been some misunderstanding about what I'm trying to do. I have successfully connected to a DB at run-time. Using queries and handles, I was able to extract information (fields and values). This is already done. My next goal is to add these records to a new database. This...
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    Access database dynamically, when db was not connected at compile-time

    Can you post some snippets of code on how you accomplished this? This is the very thing I am trying to do.
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    Open a connection to a database file and read its contents

    Thanks, rzr. This is exactly what I did at the end of the day yesterday. I am trying to connect to an old version of a database so that I can copy its info into a new database. I have ensured that so far my code works swimmingly. During my method I connect to the database, do some stuff, then...
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    Open a connection to a database file and read its contents

    I am brand new to Progress (day 2) and I am trying to create a utility that will allow a user to click a button, choose a database file, and read its contents. I have created a window with a button in AppBuilder and my current goal is to generate a File Chooser Dialog box. This is easily...
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