How can you import only found records from one table to another.

I'm transferring an "Order" with its accompanying "orderItem" records to a different table pair.

I can isolate the orderItem records for import, no problem, but every orderItem record is imported, even though only the related ones are found, creating a bunch a of orphan orderitem records without a an fk of any kind.

My stinky workaround "finds" the orphan orderitems and deletes them. So I wish I could just selectively import to begin with. Any ideas??

Thanks

Chas

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Lee

Assuming the tables are in the same file... and in the same window... the source table for the import has to have the same base table occurrence as the found set.

How can you import only found records from one table to another.

I'm transferring an "Order" with its accompanying "orderItem" records to a different table pair.

I can isolate the orderItem records for import, no problem, but every orderItem record is imported, even though only the related ones are found, creating a bunch a of orphan orderitem records without a an fk of any kind.

My stinky workaround "finds" the orphan orderitems and deletes them. So I wish I could just selectively import to begin with. Any ideas??

Thanks

Chas

How are you isolating the orderitems?

Are you doing this as 1 import or 2?

I would think it would be as 2 and I've never had a problem with:

Find []

Export Records

and only getting an export of the found set....

Can you post the script steps?

Assuming the tables are in the same file... and in the same window... the source table for the import has to have the same base table occurrence as the found set.

Yeah....I think this is happening. But I'm missing something. There is a relationship between the tables. Basically I'm copying several "Prospect" line items and changing their fk_OrderID so that they line up with the new Order - then those orderitems get imported. But this still imports all prospectItems instead of limiting the import to the "temps"

Transfer-3-Find ProspectItems

Commit Records/Requests

[ No dialog ]

Go to Layout [ “PI_prospectItems -pi_orderItems” (PI_ProspectItems_TOG) ]

Show All Records

Replace Field Contents [ PI_ProspectItems_TOG::temp; Replace with calculation: "" ]

[ No dialog ]

Copy [ pi_Prospect::gProspectID ]

[ Select ]

Enter Find Mode [ ]

Paste [ PI_ProspectItems_TOG:_fk_IDProspect ]

[ Select; No style ]

Perform Find [ ]

Go to Record/Request/Page

[ First ]

Loop

Set Field [ PI_ProspectItems_TOG::temp; ORD__Orders_tog::gOrder ]

Go to Record/Request/Page

[ Next; Exit after last ]

End Loop

Commit Records/Requests

[ No dialog ]

Transfer-4-Import new OrderItems form ProspectItems

Go to Layout [ “orderitems/prospectitems” (OI__OrderItems_tog) ]

Import Records [ Source: “file:Hanover_Strings”; Target: “OI__OrderItems_tog”; Method: Add; Character Set: “Mac Roman”; Field

Mapping:

Source field 2 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::_fk_IDCustomer

Source field 4 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::_fk_IDProduct

Source field 5 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::category

Source field 6 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::company

Source field 8 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::description

Source field 9 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::flag

Source field 10 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::flagClosed

Source field 11 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::gSearchParam

Source field 12 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::has_a_serial_number

Source field 13 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::list_price

Source field 14 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::name

Source field 16 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::net_price

Source field 17 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::Quantity

Source field 19 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::selling_price

Source field 20 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::serial

Source field 21 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::specialOrder

Source field 23 import to OI__OrderItems_tog::_fk_IDOrder ]

[ No dialog ]

Commit Records/Requests

[ No dialog ]

Hi Cabinetman,

Yeah I have no problems isolating an export. Found set just exports the found records....it is importing a found set that is that is hanging me up. I even tried exporting to an external table - then importing but it just seemed too dopey.

C

Your found set is based on the PI_ProspectItems_TOG; your import Source is “file:Hanover_Strings” but we can't tell from that what TO in that import source is being referenced.