Using Your Database
This part shows you how to use the database you built in the previous chapter, introducing several important ObjectScript features. The bulk of your work in this chapter will be the iterative development of a lookup/edit routine.
In Part 3, you'll learn about more interesting and useful features of ObjectScript.
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Functions: $Order, $Translate, $Replace, $Get, $Test.
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Commands: Lock, TStart, TCommit.
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How to pass parameters by reference.
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A little bit about writing code to access objects, including the standard methods %New, %OpenId, and %Save.