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The Language Implementation
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To support the RDD architecture and let you design applications that are
independent of the data format you are using, many existing CA-Clipper
commands and functions have been enhanced, and several new language
elements have been added. The following tables summarize these changes
and additions. See the Reference chapter of this guide for more
detailed information on a particular item.
Enhanced Commands and Functions
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Command/Function Changes
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APPEND FROM VIA clause
COPY TO VIA clause
DBAPPEND() Terminology
GO Terminology
DBAPPEND() Terminology
INDEX ALL, EVAL, EVERY, NEXT, RECORD, REST, TAG, and
UNIQUE clauses
SEEK SOFTSEEK option
SET INDEX ADDITIVE clause
SET ORDER IN, TAG clauses
DBSETINDEX() Terminology
RECNO() Terminology
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New Commands and Functions
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Command/Function Description
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DELETE TAG Delete a Tag (Order)
DBGOTO() Position record pointer to a specific identity
DBRLOCK() Lock the record at the current or specified identity
DBRLOCKLIST() Return an array of the currently locked records
DBRUNLOCK Release all or specified record locks
ORDBAGEXT() Return the Order Bag file extension
ORDBAGNAME() Return the Order Bag name of a specific Order
ORDCREATE() Create an Order in an Order Bag
ORDDESTROY() Remove a specified Order from an Order Bag
ORDFOR() Return the FOR expression of an Order
ORDKEY() Return the Key expression of an Order
ORDLISTADD() Add Order Bag contents or single Order to the Order
List
ORDLISTCLEAR() Clear the current Order List
ORDLISTREBUILD() Rebuild all Orders in the Order List of the current
work area
ORDNAME() Return the name of an Order in the work area
ORDNUMBER() Return the position of an Order in the current Order
List
ORDSETFOCUS() Set focus to an Order in an Order List
RDDLIST() Return an array of the available Replaceable
Database Drivers
RDDNAME() Return the name of the RDD active in the current or
specified work area
RDDSETDEFAULT() Set or return the default RDD for the application
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