Subject Re: effect of nullifying an object reference From Bruce Beacham <bbeacham@no_plm_lowman.co.uk> Date Thu, 1 Oct 2020 22:40:16 +0100 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started More like: if type("oRef") = "O"        // it can still be empty.   NEEDS TO BE PRIVATE.      release object oRef endif release oRef Bruce On 01/10/2020 07:49, Gaetano wrote: > > Thanks Bruce. > > Just one more question: releasing a variable that doesn't doesn't exist > doesn't produce an error, but attempting to release an object that > doesn't exist produces an error. > > I guess taht for objects I need to do something like > > if type("oRef") # "U" >     release oRef > endif > > Would that work? > > Cheers, > Gaetano. > > On 01/10/2020 08:47, Bruce Beacham wrote: >> But for an explicit destruction, consider using >> release object oCGI >> >> _Then_ release the memory variable, which will now be empty: >> release oCGI >