Because you are searching for CQ010876, but the record is actually CQ100876?

On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 at 14:20, James B. Byrne <
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> I am tidying up some artefacts from a previous (1980's) incarnation of our
> AP
> system.  I came across a problem with what appears to be a headless Image
> detail record.
>
> > ACCESS TRANACCT
> > CHOOSE TRANS-IDENT PARM
> > REPORT ALL
> > GO
>
> Transaction: CQ010876
> Transaction:
>
> Records selected:  0
>
>
> And:
>
> > ACCESS TRANACCT
> > SELECT IF TRANS-IDENT EQ "CQ010876"
> > REPORT ALL
> > GO
>
> Records selected:  0
>
>
> And yet I see this:
>
>
> > ACCESS TRANACCT
> > CHOOSE ACCOUNT-NUMBER PARM
> > SELECT TRANACCT IF TRANS-TYPE EQ "CQ"
> > SORT ON TRANS-TYPE ON TRANS-IDENT
> > REPORT ALL
> > FOOTING AT TRANS-TYPE TRANS-TYPE COUNT TRANS-IDENT
> > GO
>
> Account Number: 100000
> Account Number:
>
> 2021 Sep 14                   Harte & Lyne Limited
>  PAGE   1
>
>    Account  Transaction  Transaction  Status  Description
>    Number      Type        Number      code
>
>   Credit-Debit       Amount            Balance      Record  Transaction
>       Flag                                           Type      Date
>
>      Date
>     Printed
>
>   00100000      CQ         100876       VD
>        DB                 0.00              0.00     DCHQ   1989 Apr 04
>
>   CQ       1  CQ100876
>
>
>
>
> Why does this record show up when I path through the details set by
> ACCOUNT-NUMBER but not when searched serially or by the TRANS_IDENT path?
>
>
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