Difference between revisions of "SEEK()"

Latest revision as of 11:07, 4 February 2013

Purpose

Function to verify presence of an index key

Syntax

SEEK(<key expression> [,<workarea | alias> [,<exp>]])

See Also

LOCATE, LOOKUP(), RLOOKUP(), SEEK

Description

The SEEK() function returns .T. if the specified index <key expression> has been found in the master index of the current workarea or the optionally specified <workarea | alias>. If the optional order parameter <exp> is specified, that index will be searched instead of the master index.

Example

use accounts in 1
use supp in 2 index name
select 1
display name
BCD CORPORATION
? iif(seek(name,supp),supp_name,"***name not on file***")
BCD CORPORATION