How to Work with Processes > Working with the Local Database Processes Group

Process Purpose

The "Local Database Update Record" process is used to update the records of a local database table.

When you add a process, you are required to define its settings. This occurs in the process's properties window which is displayed automatically after having added the "Local Database Update Record" process. This properties window includes three tabs - "General", "Query" and "Advanced".

If any subsequent edition is required, double-click the process to open its properties window and enter the necessary modifications.

"General" tab

Proceed as follows:

Update ... Set ...
Table Name	Select the table to be updated from the drop-down.
Field column	Select the table's field(s) to be updated from the drop-down.
Value/Variable column	Enter the fixed value to update in the previously selected table field(s) OR click and select a variable with that value. You can update a record with up to 26 values at once. See Variable Usage.

Use the editing icons to the right of the table to move the rows up and down and to delete or add more rows.

Go to the "Query" tab.

"Query" tab

Proceed as follows:

Where
Where Clause	Click to create the appropriate query. See To Use the Query Assistant. You can create up to 80 Where conditions.

Use the editing icons to the right of the table to move the rows up and down and to delete or add more rows.

Continue to the "Advanced" tab.

"Advanced" tab

Fill in the following options:

If … Go to

SQL Error

Select a target location from the drop-down or list, in case an "SQL Error" occurs. See Detail of a window below.

When defining a screen as a target destination (ex: via a “Go to” process), you CANNOT use variables to specify the name of that target screen. You must select the intended screen from the available drop-down/list.

Detail of a window:

"S:Menu" is a screen included in the same program as the process.

"R:Routine_1" is a routine included in the same program as the process.

If required, use the icons on the top of the properties window:

Click it to create a new table in a local database. See Creating a Table.

Click it to view the data in the selected table. See Viewing/Editing a Table.

Click it to test SQL scripts. See To Test SQL Scripts.

Use the icon to attach any relevant notes to this process. Click it and enter your notes in the resulting text box. These notes will be displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window (in the "Notes" field) and in the "Developer Report".

After filling in the required options, click to conclude, or to abort the operation.

The added process is displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window.

If you want to use a label as a target destination, you can use the "Auto-Label" mechanism. This alternative to the "Set Label" process allows you to create a label in the properties window of a process - specifically, in the fields used to define target destinations (ex: the "If Error..." type fields). See To Automatically Create a Label.

Use the right-click in MCL-Designer's input boxes to access some related options as well as the general "Cut", "Copy"; "Paste"; "Search" actions (active/inactive according to the current context).

Ex: If you right-click the "Variable" input box (included in a "Conversion's" properties window), you are provided with general editing/search actions and other more specific options such as "Variable Select" (see "Variable Select"); "Variable Insert" (see "Variable Insert"); "Insert Special Character" (see To Insert Special Characters into a Control's Text Input Field) and "Localization Select" (see Localization List).

If you right-click another input box, it may provide other possibilities.