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ABL Reference
Handle Attributes and Methods Reference : PRIMARY attribute
 

PRIMARY attribute

This attribute sets or returns the name of the primary index of the temp-table or buffer.
Data type: CHARACTER
Access: Readable/Writable
Applies to: Buffer object handle, Temp-table object handle

Notes

*When used with a temp-table object handle, PRIMARY can only be updated before the TEMP-TABLE-PREPARE( ) method has been called. It returns the Unknown value (?) if the temp-table is not in a PREPARED state.
*When used with a buffer object handle, PRIMARY is read-only.
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