ALLTEXT_INITIAL Function
Syntax
Arguments
- Table_Alias
Table_Alias is the same as the table name if only one instance of the table is open. However, if more than one instance of a table is open, the alias is the table name with a numeric suffix.
Description
Returns a character string of all of the field values in the current record
Discussion
ALLTEXT_INITIAL() returns a character string of all of the field values in the current record in Table_Alias before any editing changes are made by the user. This function is useful if you want to search for a string in a record, without having to know in which field to search. It is also useful in an index expression when you want to build an index on all of the words in a record to perform Lightning Query Optimized searches in the whole record. This function is useful if you want to determine if a record was changed.
Example
alltext() <> alltext_initial() -> .T. if the user made any changes to the record.
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