DBMS packages-3

Note that with this command will have only specified the structure of the record for a file which is to contain customer data. Therefore we should have some way of loading the customer records in the CUSTLIST file. For this purpose we will have to type the following command:

 

..APPEND

With this command we get a screen which provides a blank customer record. As the name implies, this command will append a record to our CUSTLIST file. Thus, it can be used whenever we want to add one more customer to customer list. With the customer we can add product fulfillment types. Product given to customer gives them product fulfillment or order fulfillment. We can add any criteria for that.

 

In the screen provided with above command, we now type the necessary details of a customer. The names of the fields are displayed on the screen to facilitate entry of data for a customer for which we wish to create a record in CUSTLIST file. After we type in all the required details about the customer and type e get another blank record in which we can enter data about next customer and so on. When we type right at the beginning of blank record we get back to dot prompt where we can issue a new dBASE III command.