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- From: thierry@curlie.UUCP (Thierry Lach )
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: backward scrolling
- Message-ID: <HZ5HqB1w164w@curlie.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 21:36:28 EDT
- References: <Bty4wz.IDB@research.teleride.on.ca>
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- louk@research.teleride.on.ca (Lou Kates) writes:
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- > We were evaluating Oracle recently (based only on the manual). One thing
- > we could not find was a way to get the previous record from the Oracle
- > Call Interface to C. However, a recent article in PC Magazine (September
- > 15 issue) mentions that Oracle does have backward scrolling.
- >
- > Could someone confirm whether we just missed it or is the article wrong?
- >
- > Lou Kates, louk@research.teleride.on.ca
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- This is probably referring to SQL*FORMS scrolling capabilities
- where the user (or the programmer) can refer to the previous
- record, or reqest a scroll up.
-