getColumn() and the like

[parttimeprogrammer]

Are there current versions somewhere out there of the getColumn(), insertColumn() etc externals that used to work with earlier versions of SuperCard?

PS excellent job on 4.8b18. Thanks!

[codegreen]

Offhand I'm not sure whether those are mine (by now alas I've written literally HUNDREDS of externals I've completely forgotten about... ) but I'll check when I get home tomorrow.

If not, FWIW I'm sure you could easily replicate this functionality with shell or unixTask.

-Mark

[codegreen]

I looked around didn't find these anywhere on my drives.

Do you remember any more about where you got them?

-Mark

[parttimeprogrammer]

Thanks for looking--I suspect they may have lingered from HyperCard days, possibly HyperExternals Pro (I'm really dating myself, I think that goes back to the 80s). It's not a big deal, but they come in handy for extracting and inserting items in smaller arrays. SQL is great for larger amounts of data, but a bit excessive for say 10 lines of 10 items. However, just writing a getColumn() routine in SuperTalk is generally sufficiently speedy for that amount of data.

Keep up the good work!