Glenn Cole wrote:

> Vikram Kumar B T writes:
>
> > When you do DBUPDATE (with CIUPDATE), TurboIMAGE internally handles the
> > chains. It internally does a re-read to establish the current updated entry
> > and the chain.
>
> A reread?  Of what?  This cannot be the item that was just updated,
> since the forward and backward chain pointers should relate to the
> NEW chain.  But by definition, what else would be "re"read?
>

 Let me state clearly.  As far as the current dbupdate is concerned, the current
record, the forward and backward pointers remain unchanged (refer discussion
under DBUPDATE in TurboIMAGE manual).
Re-read of internal structures is done by IMAGE to ensure that. It is not the
re-reading of the updated
item.

--
Regards,
Vikram
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