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Query by Example and Paradox SQL (A.K.A. Local SQL)

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Networking Paradox 9
My company has intentions of running Paradox 9 on Server 2008.  The Operating System on most of our computers  is Windows 7 Pro.  Is this a good ...
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Sure, this will work well. Just stay away from Vista which it sounds like you are. If you need help,...
7/25/2010
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Value to a query-push button on a form
Attempting to set up a form to query customer information by entering the account number. I copied the code from the guide but it fails. The debug highlights th...
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Try this if Account is a field on the form then this should work sACCOUNT =  ACCOUNT.val...
7/7/2010
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Using the function
Can "Today()" be used in a QBE or a Report? I am trying to use it in order to find the number of years an employee or a group of employees worked. Something li...
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You can base a report off of a QBE file. When the report opens the report, it first runs the QBE the...
6/11/2010
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Using MS SQL as back end
I need to set MS SQL up as the back end to a large multi-user paradox 10 app and am having trouble finding discussions of the issues involved. Can someone eithe...
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Robert,many thanks for that. I had been using the SQL link but that was the problem. Once I set up t...
5/2/2010
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Paradox 11 Help Not Working
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Hi Raymond, Did you ever fix your Paradox help file problem with Windows 7? I do know that you have...
1/30/2010
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Find duplicate data in a column using query
I have a multiple column table which has a column "A" I want to query "A" and show an answer of all duplicates found.
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3/18/2009
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Show partial records in paradox Answer table
Hi guys I've got tons of questions regarding paradox with so little time to figure things out. I hope you can help me as soon as possible.  I wrote SQL in paradox to show the results in an ...
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Primary key and SQL
I'm a noob with paradox and I want to know if it is possible to set a primary key to an existing table using the SQL in paradox? I want to set 2 fields as primary keys. I tried doing it via table rest...
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3/17/2009
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Select records unique only in one field
My table has the following fields: Last Name Full Address Zip I have several records which have the same Full Address but different Last Name. I want to s...
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Hi A.I., I do appreciate all your posts. What were you trying to do that lead to problems? What are...
3/5/2009
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Sporadic "Permission denied." Query Errors
I have a Paradox for Windows app I developed more then ten years ago.  Recently my client has experienced inconsistent "Permission denied." error...
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You're welcome Tony. Glad it worked out.
1/1/2009
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QBE error: unrelated questions
 (Paradox 9 under W2K) I'm building a query to enter new prices in a calculated field called PRICE, using different formulas depending on the values in cer...
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Read your private messages for more help.Or, if the combined QBE is not large, post it here. Also po...
11/17/2008
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Problem with Query
Hello! There are problem in query: Can't process this query remotely. This is part of code: q_first=Query ANSWER: :PRIV:blankRazr1.DB REGISTR.DB | | |...
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What is the error on the one workstation that has the error? Are you still having this error?
9/25/2008
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QBE to find non-matches
I am relatively new to Paradox and making my way by reading the documentation as well as the Prestwood books. Recently I ran across the following problem: My c...
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if you have an answer with extra data, you can always do a 'delete' query on the answer table, but h...
8/27/2008
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QBE Specifications
On my current contract I have to deal with a pretty big application based on Paradox 4.5 for DOS. They do have PAL manuals, but not Paradox User's Guide. So, I ...
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Thanks. I can see it already. However, this can be said of almost every old DOS-times in-house appli...
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QBE excluding records
Howdy, I know there should be a way to do this, but I can't figure it out. ...
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I'm not even sure that you can get that result in a QBE.  You can use SQL in paradox to get the...
5/5/2008
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Programming with QBE results

Hi - My wife and I have taken over Administration of a large Amateur Theatre company in London - the only salaried position (as a jobshare).  We have...
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2/23/2008
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large table/multi table Query Question
Lets say you have a table with customer information and the table has about 30 fields with 1 million records, this table is nearing 2 gigs, and eventually this ...
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Id like to thank everyone for their posts and ideas, i have been thinking on what i should do based ...
10/5/2007
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No Subject
Hi,I have Paradox 9 and whenever I try to save a query with more than one Filter (F12) I get an error message that reads "The Query is Too Long" when I try to r...
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I've never run into this problem with paradox 9 and I've built some fairly large queries.  Does...
7/16/2007
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Deleting duplicate records
I have 4 tables each with Two Alpha fields. Field1 contains the code number of a runners "Toe Chip" (Electronic ID - A7). Field2 contains the time of day "hh:m...
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What do you mean, "*without* changing the order of the codes"?. This query will extract the data yo...
8/31/2006
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Subtract records in a Query
How can I make a QBE that gives me the records of partno in table X which is missing in table Y ? The Utility -> Subtract gives me the result, but I want to do...
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That is what is known as a "not-in" query. The User's Guide used to have an example of this in the ...
1/5/2005
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SQL UPDATE in Paradox
I am trying to link two tables together and update a field with values from the other tables field. Can I do this? If so how? This is an example of what I hav...
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Do you have any experience with Paradox QBE queries? Even if you don't, it might be worth the troub...
11/16/2004
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SQL
How do I run a saved SQL statement from a form in Paradox 9? All of the custom code that I have here to look at uses queries instead of SQL statements. I would ...
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Try using the ReadFromFile function. This will allow you to use sql files created with the paradox ...
7/6/2004
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Paradox SQL
We are running Paradox 9 on Windows XP. I want to allow users to click on an icon and run a SQL statement over a Paradox database and then print the results. Wh...
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You can run SQL statements using both the runtime and the full version. You will need the full vers...
6/9/2004
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Using embedded SQL with reports?
I have the following problem: I have to use embedded SQL in a program, and then I have to base a report on the results of the SQL. The problem that I have is t...
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I saw in the Help files that there is a report open statement, that specifies a SQL string as a argu...
4/29/2003
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nested SELECT statements
How do you construct nested SELECT statements in Paradox? For example, this query would work in sql server but would error out on the second SELECT keyword: S...
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No, setGenFilter would not work, but ranges do: i.e. >= 5, <= 10 gets 5-10 in that field.
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