> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:37:38 -0500 > Reply-to: [log in to unmask] > From: "Kevin L. Newman" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Help selecting element-edit out of dictionary > To: HP3000-L > I know that there is an easy way to do this, but it escapes me. > > I've got an edit in Dictionary/3000 on most of my date fields. The edit is: > ^^/^^/^^. If I go out with query or supertool, I can pull an element out and > see that this is what is in the field; however, if I try to select all > element-edit="^^/^^/^^", I don't select anything! I have close to 200 date > fields with this edit on it and I'm not into the tedious task of fixing every > one on an one-by-one basis. Any clues on how to get to these elusive little > edits? > > The database is: DICT > dataset is: DATA-ELEMENT > field is: ELEMENT-EDIT > old value is: ^^/^^/^^ > new value: ^^^^/^^/^^ > > TIA, > > Kevin > Hi Kevin, The ^ is "reserved for future use" according to the Supertool manual. Try using: IF ELEMENT-EDIT=="@@@/@@/@@@" Hope it helps. Gary Nolan Sydney Steel Corp.