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

[Joel Shapiro]

Yes, if you need access to the internal FileMaker record ID from  
within FileMaker Pro client, you need a field to hold it.

-Joel


On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>> 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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ggt667
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