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    Count Records:
    I am trying to count records in a database and return the record count to the screen.
    Problem:
    the screen is attached to a table called zztime
    which has 1 record.
    I am trying to count the records in two tables.
    One called timentry (which has 78 records)
    and the other called timehist which has 100 record.
    If I run the following script from the control panel and then view the trace window, sometimes I get the correct answer. Sometimes the time history count returns the time Entry record count.
    When I run it from the menu I always get a record
    count of 1
    Any Ideas
    Charlie Crimmel

    ' ---------Script for Count Timentry ------------
    dim global tereccount as N
    tereccount=0
    trace.clear()
    t2 = table.open("timentry.dbf")
    var->tereccount=reccount()
    trace.writeln ("Timentry Records "+ str(var->tereccount))
    trace.writeln ("--------------------------------------")
    t2.close()

    end:
    end

    ' ---------Script for Count Time History ------------
    dim global threccount as N
    threccount=0
    trace.clear()
    t3 = table.open("timehist.dbf")
    var->threccount=reccount()
    trace.writeln ("Time History Records "+ str(var->threccount))
    trace.writeln ("--------------------------------------")
    t3.close()

    end:
    end




    #2
    RE: count records

    Try this:
    var->tereccount= t2.records_get()

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      #3
      RE: count records

      John:
      That works if I run the script from the control panel
      But if I run it from the menu I get a reccount =1
      Charlie crimmel

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        #4
        RE: count records

        Charlie,

        The following script is an example of something that shoule work no matter where it is run from:

        tb1 = table.open("timetrx")
        count = tb1.records_get()
        tb1.close()
        ui_msg_box("Answer",str(count))

        When you used the reccount() function it assumed the current table which was the table for your form with probably one record in it.
        John

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          #5
          RE: count records

          Charlie -
          A comment on Johns method - He is actually counting records in the currently active INDEX, which is not necessarliy the same as the number of records in the table. If the currently active index is recno() they will be the same. If you are looking at the table as it is linked in a set it will only count the linked child records as the index used by the set will be the active index.

          Johns method is the one I use, as it gives me what I actually want. But the count can vary depending on the active index...

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            #6
            RE: count records

            Oops - shot from the lip again!
            John has a table pointer, so he IS counting records in the table.

            Now I am getting into deeper water but... if you want the indexed record count from within a set try
            t = topparent:tables:timentry.current()' gets a pointer to the current status of timentry table
            i = t.index_primary_get()'gets a file pointer the active index (or query)
            count = i.records_get()'counts the records

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              #7
              RE: count records

              The timeentry and time history tables are not in a set.
              They are not even attached to my menu
              The table on the menu is a dummy table with 1 record.
              from that menu I want to count records in other tables.
              this is to give me record counts before and after an append operation.
              Charlie Crimmel

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                #8
                RE: count records

                Thanks All:
                I got it to work.
                I used your suggestions.
                Must have had a corrept script.
                Deleted it and re-wrote it from scratch and it worked.

                sample that worked:
                ' count timentry
                dim global tereccount as N
                tereccount=0
                trace.clear()
                t2 = table.open("timentry.dbf")
                var->tereccount=t2.records_get()
                t2.close()
                trace.writeln ("Time Entry Records " )
                trace.writeln ("Time Entry Records "+ str(var->tereccount,10))
                trace.writeln ("--------------------------------------")

                end:
                end

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