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Joey Sandoval
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Can anyone explain why the "FRANCE_MAX_RTL_COST2" defined field does not generate properly when you try to specify a value?

 


TABLE FILE CAR
SUM MAX.RETAIL_COST AS MAX_RETAIL_COST
    MIN.RETAIL_COST AS MIN_RETAIL_COST
    MAX.DEALER_COST AS MAX_DEALER_COST
    MIN.DEALER_COST AS MIN_DEALER_COST
    RETAIL_COST     AS SUM_RETAIL_COST
BY COUNTRY
ON TABLE SET ASNAMES ON
ON TABLE HOLD AS HCNTRYSUM
END

-RUN
TABLE FILE HCNTRYSUM
PRINT *
END

DEFINE FUNCTION MAX_RETAIL_COST (CNTRY/A10)
MAX_RETAIL_COST/D20.2 =  DB_LOOKUP(HCNTRYSUM, CNTRY, COUNTRY, MAX_RETAIL_COST);
END

DEFINE FILE CAR
LOOKUP/A10 = 'FRANCE';
FRANCE_MAX_RTL_COST2/D20.1 = MAX_RETAIL_COST (LOOKUP);
MAX_RTL_COST/D20.1 = MAX_RETAIL_COST (COUNTRY);
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT CAR
      MODEL
      COUNTRY
      MAX_RTL_COST
	  FRANCE_MAX_RTL_COST2
BY COUNTRY
END

DEFINE FILE CAR CLEAR

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Francis Mariani
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Joey, it looks like the constant "virtual column" LOOKUP needs to be associated with a real column, so adding WITH COUNTRY makes it work:

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM MAX.RETAIL_COST AS MAX_RETAIL_COST
    MIN.RETAIL_COST AS MIN_RETAIL_COST
    MAX.DEALER_COST AS MAX_DEALER_COST
    MIN.DEALER_COST AS MIN_DEALER_COST
    RETAIL_COST     AS SUM_RETAIL_COST
BY COUNTRY
ON TABLE SET ASNAMES ON
ON TABLE HOLD AS HCNTRYSUM
END

-RUN
TABLE FILE HCNTRYSUM
PRINT *
END

DEFINE FUNCTION MAX_RETAIL_COST (CNTRY/A10)
MAX_RETAIL_COST/D20.2 =  DB_LOOKUP(HCNTRYSUM, CNTRY, COUNTRY, MAX_RETAIL_COST);
END

DEFINE FILE CAR
LOOKUP/A10 WITH COUNTRY = 'FRANCE';
FRANCE_MAX_RTL_COST2/D20.1 = MAX_RETAIL_COST (LOOKUP);
MAX_RTL_COST/D20.1 = MAX_RETAIL_COST (COUNTRY);
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT CAR
      MODEL
      COUNTRY
      MAX_RTL_COST
	  FRANCE_MAX_RTL_COST2
BY COUNTRY
END


Francis


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Joey Sandoval
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Shouldn't the output be 5,610 for France for every row though?



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Francis Mariani
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Yup, you're right, I cannot get this to work. In the example below, only the last COMPUTE works:

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
MAX.RETAIL_COST AS MAX_RETAIL_COST
MIN.RETAIL_COST AS MIN_RETAIL_COST
MAX.DEALER_COST AS MAX_DEALER_COST
MIN.DEALER_COST AS MIN_DEALER_COST
RETAIL_COST     AS SUM_RETAIL_COST

BY COUNTRY

ON TABLE SET ASNAMES ON
ON TABLE HOLD AS HCNTRYSUM
END

DEFINE FUNCTION MAX_RETAIL_COST_OUT(COUNTRY_IN/A10)
MAX_RETAIL_COST_OUT/D20.2 =  DB_LOOKUP(HCNTRYSUM, COUNTRY_IN, COUNTRY, MAX_RETAIL_COST);
END

TABLE FILE HCNTRYSUM
PRINT *
END

DEFINE FILE CAR
LOOKUP1/A10 WITH CAR = 'FRANCE';
MAX_RTL_COST/D20.2 = MAX_RETAIL_COST_OUT(COUNTRY);
FRANCE_MAX_RTL_COST2/D20.2 = MAX_RETAIL_COST_OUT(LOOKUP1);
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
COUNTRY
CAR
MODEL

MAX_RTL_COST
FRANCE_MAX_RTL_COST2

COMPUTE FRANCE_MAX_RTL_COST3/D20.2 = MAX_RETAIL_COST_OUT(LOOKUP1);

COMPUTE FRANCE_MAX_RTL_COST4/D20.2 =  DB_LOOKUP(HCNTRYSUM, LOOKUP1, COUNTRY, MAX_RETAIL_COST);
END


Francis


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Francis Mariani
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I would open a case with IBI Tech Support, attaching this program. They may have an explanation why DB_LOOKUP does not work in a DEFINE FUNCTION.


Francis


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j.gross
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quote:
DEFINE FUNCTION MAX_RETAIL_COST (CNTRY/A10)
MAX_RETAIL_COST/D20.2 = DB_LOOKUP(HCNTRYSUM, CNTRY, COUNTRY, MAX_RETAIL_COST);
END


In the DEFINE FUNCTION context, CNTRY is a formal argument, not a database variable. I don't think that conforms to the syntax requirements of DB_LOKUP.
 
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Francis Mariani
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Jack,

Yes, I think you're right. DB_LOOKUP doc:


Syntax: How to Retrieve a Value From a Lookup Data Source
DB_LOOKUP(look_mf, srcfld1, lookfld1, srcfld2, lookfld2, ..., returnfld);
where:

look_mf
Is the lookup Master File.

srcfld1, srcfld2 ...
Are fields from the source file used to locate a matching record in the lookup file.

lookfld1, lookfld2 ...
Are columns from the lookup file that share values with the source fields. Only columns in the table or file can be used; columns created with DEFINE cannot be used. For multi-segment synonyms, only columns in the top segment can be used.

returnfld
Is the name of a column in the lookup file whose value is returned from the matching lookup record. Only columns in the table or file can be used; columns created with DEFINE cannot be used.


Francis


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Waz
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That how I understood it to be as well. Has to be DB fields.


Waz...

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