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[mydsworld]

Can anyone please tell me how to use a variable (to be used in 'Per-Record' ) to remember its value.

[ray.wurlod]

Welcome aboard. :D

Initialize the variable in the "before" code, and use it in the "per record" section. If you must, create a static variable. If that term is unfamiliar, enrol in a class to learn some C.

[mydsworld]

I tried that. I have defined the following in Definitions :

#include<stdio.h>
#include<iostream.h>

int x ;
static int y ;

In Pre-Loop :

y = 0 ;

Then in Per-Record :

x = in0.id ;

if(x != y) {
< Taking some action> ;
}
else {
< Take some other action > ;
}

y = x ;

Input is auto-read. But I find control never go to 'else' section though there are such records.

[ray.wurlod]

You're going to have to incorporate some debugging statements in your code to capture the actual values of x and y and record them somewhere so that you can work out what's happening.

[mydsworld]

Thanks for your advise.

I even tried that. 'y' is always 0.

I tried another approach. I made the auto-read for input false. Now I am defining the control (looping) in my own. In that case the dbout I am having is where to put the entire code : Pre-Loop,Per-Record,Post-Loop editor.

[ray.wurlod]

You only have access to the rows in the per-record code. Therefore you ought not to be writing your own loop. The variable called y is behaving properly like a static variable (I misunderstood your original requirement); try making it a regular variable.