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Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:52:14 -0400
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At 10:43 AM 07/17/00, Jim Phillips wrote:
>Oh, my.  I should have put quotes around "consistently broken".  I don't
>think DBDELETE's current behavior is broken either, but I still don't like
>relying on a failure to keep me safe from doing something I really don't
>want to do; i.e., deleting the details and master when I want to keep them.
>
> > If HP did change DBDELETE to delete chains associated with a master, given
> > the conservative way they change IMAGE, they would no doubt use another
> > mode for DBDELETE so the current mode 1 DBDELETE would work the same it
> > always has.
>
>You're probably right, but I still don't like relying on a negative, I'd
>rather rely on a positive.

I agree!


Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
http://www.northtech.com

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