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Marshall, Happy to help. Other than George and the Northwind renewal project, I haven't seen many Data Macro(audit log) users/projects.

Marshall, I have no idea nor experience with this Glad this part is successful:

Marshall, (aside) How is your project going now that it has been in operation? DMs working as expected?

Dave Cutler is definitely on youtube. Here's a link.

Welcome Mike!

There is a well-known anecdote about Tom Lehrer, but it's best categorized as an apocryphal or satirical story, not a verified true incident. The story you're referring to likely goes something like this: However, there is no credible evidence that this ever truly happened. It appears to be...

Regarding "tools and toolboxes": If the only tool you have in your toolbox is a hammer (insert your AI tool du jour here), it's strange how every problem seems to be a nail. I remember this when those who knew Fortran, everything was a Fortran problem, same with Cobol, PL1, BAL..... I have...

Hi Jerry! Welcome aboard AWF. Lots of retirees/semi-retirees in the group.

What is the popularity of cobol programming today? From copilot COBOL might not be the hottest language on the block, but in 2025, it's having a bit of a renaissance—especially in sectors where reliability trumps trendiness. Here's the scoop: 📊 Popularity Ranking According to the TIOBE...

I think Crystal (strive4peace) has a free add-in that transforms sql into the format on the left side.

What exactly is the "selection"/condition that causes the user to select a given record? Your example 1111 sal@co.com 1112 fred@co.com 1113 ann@co.com 1114 gef@co.com ===return 1112 and 1114 could be satisfied with something like: select * from your query where email like "*f*"...

Perhaps a little more context will get more focused responses. What is the "selection process"? What is the "function" to act on selected records? A sample would be useful.

Thanks John. I tried that several times ---kept getting Unable to accept the invite. Have gone thru a few hoops to get a new account. Finally have an account, but had to use firefox and edge to get info to supply the web prompts. Sure hope the "juice is worth all the squeeze"

Whoops is on the display Unable to accept the invite. George, I'm sure I created an account when the video was produced (2024) but have never used it. Trying to create a new account...answered the form with displayName userName (said great it is available) accepted a generated password added...

Interesting. I tried the link that George provided in UA. Repeated the accept but constant "Whoops"?