Xy as database handler--a workable idea

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

This thread has strayed from my original question, and now I have an idea
for how to answer it.
My question pertained to strings used as comma delimited fields in a record.

suppose you have s/g 01 set to: aaa,bbbb,cc,dddddd,e
You can get the contents of any field neatly, say the third one, by:

«SV02,«VA@01,3»

But to use Xy as an *economical* database handler, you have to be able to 
change the contents of any field. How? My new idea is by an inverse 
operation--build a new string with all the unchanged contents plus the 
changed one. E.g., to change "cc" above to "xxxx":

«SV02,«VA@01,1»+","+«VA@01,2»+",xxxx,"+«VA@01,4»+","+«VA@01,5»»

And the damn thing works!

XPLeNCODE v2.0
b-gin [UNTITLED]
{<}SV01,aaa,bbbb,cc,dddddd,e{>};*;[cr|lf]{<}SX02,{<}VA@01,1{>
}+","+{<}VA@01,2{>}+",XXXXX,"+{<}VA@01,4{>}+","+{<}VA@01,5{>}
{>};*;[cr|lf][BC_]{<}PV02{>};*;[cr|lf]{<}ex{>}[cr|lf]
-nd
XPLeNCODE


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx