Bill,

At 09:55 PM 10/6/1999 -0700, william l brandt wrote:
>I am reading a file and use a field to extract a key and do a mode 7 DBGET.

I assume you're certain you are performing a mode 7 (checked the contents of
your mode parameter).


>There are 7000 records and it does fine until it gets to this 1 record. The
>data entry is actually there but I get a mode 17 (no master entry)

I assume that you know the entry is actually there because of a serial
read of the master.  It may be that the specific entry is a secondary and
is located on the wrong synonym chain.  In this instance, a serial search
will uncover the entry but a calculated read will not.

By chance is MDX enabled for this master set?


>Now a hint of the problem is that this particular record, when removed - the
>program runs and ends normally.

How are you removing the record? And following the removal, how are you
restoring the entry: Are you re-adding it using your application or perhaps
QUERY; or are you restoring the database from a backup?



/jf
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