Steve, so I guess it would be prudent to write a function that walks throught the entire database using "All" categories as part of the application start up and update them once, yes?
Thanks for the help by the way :-) Darren Steve Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >My guess is that an updating function would need to be written which opens > >the old records 1 at a time, and copies the data to the new record > >structure, and adding appropriate defaults for the new data fields. But how > >would you do this if you had to save the data back into the same database? > > You can just use DmResizeRecord to make the record larger, using a > pointer mapped to the new record structure, and fill in the new > defaults. > > Regards, > Steve Mann > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Creative Digital Publishing Inc. > 1315 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3117 > ------------------------------------------- > 805.784.9461 805.784.9462 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cdpubs.com > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
