[progress Communities] [progress Openedge Abl] Forum Post: Re: Find Xxx Of Yyy Rules

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Gilles' question is the answer ;) Nobody knows what OF really does. Feel free to explain how the documented OF syntax shown above applies to: for each _file no-lock, each _field no-lock of _file: display _file-name _field-name. end. When you see OF it isn't obvious from the code how the join is done. You have to scratch your head and think about it and even then you're likely to be wrong. It is one of those "makes a nice demo" features that, IMHO, nobody should ever actually use. As if that isn't bad enough there is also: find customer 1 no-lock. /* pointed out by a vigilant attendee! */ You should have attended my session - it was the highlight of the conference :) I have submitted my slides though so you should be able to download them soon and be able to see what you missed - and know better next time!

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