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Handle Attributes and Methods Reference : SELECT-ALL( ) method
 

SELECT-ALL( ) method

Selects all rows, or a range of rows, in a query connected to the browse.
Return type: LOGICAL
Applies to: BROWSE widget

Syntax

SELECT-ALL ( [
starting-row-table1 , starting-row-table2, ...
ending-row-table1, ending-row-table2 ...
] )
starting-row-table1
A variable of type ROWID representing the first row in the first table to select.
starting-row-table2
A variable of type ROWID representing the first row in the second table to select.
ending-row-table1
A variable of type ROWID representing the last row in the first table to select.
ending-row-table2
A variable of type ROWID representing the last row in the second table to select.
If you not specify parameters, the SELECT-ALL method selects all rows.
If you specify the starting row and the ending row, the SELECT-ALL method selects all rows between the starting row and the ending row inclusive.
If the query is a join, a ROWID for each table in the query can be specified for the starting row and the ending row. A maximum of 40 parameters is allowed which allows the user to specify a 20-table join, 20 ROWIDs for the starting row, and 20 ROWIDs for the ending row.