SCOPE
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Recital supports the following scope ranges
Scope | Description |
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Default scope of the operation, e.g. FOR is all, WHILE is rest. | |
Next | Process next n records. Enter number of records to process, starting from current record. |
All | Process all records. |
Record | Process selected record. Enter the record number of the record to process. |
Rest | Process all remaining records, starting from current record. |
First | Process first n records. Enter number of records to process, starting from top of file. |
Example
open database southwind use products order categoryid // Default current record display productid, productname // All records display all productid, productname // Default all records list productid, productname // Default, process rest of records from current position stopping when record // does not match the condition seek 2 list productid, productname while categoryid = 2 // Specific record (record 10 here) display record 10 productid, productname // First 10 records from top of file (indexed order here) list first 10 productid, productname // Next 20 records from current position (indexed order here) list next 20 productid, productname // Process all records, listing those that match the condition list productid, productname for supplierid = 1