[FX.php List] [Sort of on topic]Is there a way to make a selection of one record in FileMaker the -recid way?

Gjermund Gusland Thorsen ggt667 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 3 23:54:15 MST 2009


I guess the issue is usually solved by go to related inside FileMaker,
but it’s not exactly the same...

ggt

2009/3/4 Dale Bengston <dbengston at tds.net>:
> In FMP, I believe the only way to expose the record's ID is with a calc
> field. It doesn't exist in the UI otherwise. In the XML, the record's key in
> the array is a combination of the recID and the modID. I never use calc
> fields to bring back the recID since I can derive it from the key(s) in the
> data array returned by FX.
>
> Dale
>
> On Mar 3, 2009, at 5:18 PM, david weiner wrote:
>
>> I always make a calculated field that is "get RecID" - there's no UI
>> element that I'm aware of in the default filemaker tools that will give you
>> access to the record id or the mod id
>>
>>
>> On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to make a selection of one record in FileMaker the
>>> -recid/XML -way?
>>>
>>> I have done it now with a separate field that on creation
>>> automatically inserts the -recid value to a field called recordID,
>>> however my question is: Is that field necessary, are there ways to
>>> achieve the same "query" without having to use a field?
>>>
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