Re: Weird problem a customer is having with a file (James H H Lampert)

Oh, and there's also a paradox:

1. The "problem" record of the file comes up with a 
nonzero value in the date field's position in the nullmap, 
which implies that the field IS null-capable, and

2. QuestView, which can easily null-out any normal 
null-capable date field, CAN'T null-out the date field in 
this file, either in existing records or in new ones, 
which implies that the field ISN'T null capable. This is 
corroborated by the fact that a DSPFFD on the freshly 
compiled file says that the date field is null-capable, 
yet a DSPFFD on the "problem" file says no such thing.

This starts to remind me of a puzzle in the Infocom game 
version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy": the 
"tea and no tea" puzzle. I'm convinced that if we knew 
what a "2" in the nullmap means, we'd know what's going on 
here.

Now if I had the slightest idea what a "2" in a nullmap is 
supposed to mean, I'm convinced that I'd be able to figure 
out what's going on.

--
JHHL
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