CREATE RECORD

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CREATE RECORD {(table)}

CREATE RECORD creates a new empty record for table, but does not display the new record. Use ADD RECORD to create a new record and display it for data entry.

CREATE RECORD is used instead of ADD RECORD when data for the record is assigned with the language. The new record becomes the current record but the current selection is left untouched.

The record exists in memory only until a SAVE RECORD command is executed for the table. If the current record is changed (for example, by a query) before the record is saved, the new record is lost.

The following example archives records that are over 30 days old. It does does this by creating new records in an archival table. When the archiving is finished, the records that were archived are deleted from the [Accounts] table:

      ` Find records more than 30 days old 
   QUERY ([Accounts]; [Accounts]Entered < (Current date – 30)) 
   For ($vlRecord;1; Records in selection([Accounts]))  ` Loop once for each record 
      CREATE RECORD ([Archive])  ` Create a new archive record 
         [Archive]Number:=[Account]Number  ` Copy fields to the archive record 
         [Archive]Entered:=[Account]Entered 
         [Archive]Amount:=[Account]Amount 
      SAVE RECORD([Archive])  ` Save the archive record 
      NEXT RECORD([Accounts])  ` Move to the next account record 
   End for 
   DELETE SELECTION([Accounts])  ` Delete the account records

ADD RECORD, MODIFY RECORD, SAVE RECORD.