[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]

My questions is really; is it necessary to make a copy of the
information that is already stored with each record.

ggt

2009/3/4 Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>:
> Just curious: why don't you continue to create the calc field that's equal
> to get(recordID)? It's simple enough, and certainly won't make any
> difference in the general scheme of things...
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> On Mar 4, 2009, at 12:54 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
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>> I guess the issue is usually solved by go to related inside FileMaker,
>> but it’s not exactly the same...
>>
>> ggt
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>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> ggt667
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