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[CLOSED] Capturing Correct Error No. with &FOCERRNUM

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December 07, 2018, 12:20 PM
Ian Dalton
[CLOSED] Capturing Correct Error No. with &FOCERRNUM
I am running a procedure that prompts for a variable and if the user enters the wrong format I get error code FOC006 followed by FOC009. I want to test only for FOC006 but the code below displays only 9 - the second of 2 errors.

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT SEG.MODEL
BY COUNTRY BY CAR BY SEATS
IF SEATS EQ '&SEATS.EVAL'
END
-RUN
-TYPE WEBFOCUS ERROR NO. = &FOCERRNUM


ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 5 IN PROCEDURE Procedure1.fexFOCEXEC *
(FOC006) THE FORMAT OF THE TEST VALUE IS INCONSISTENT WITH FIELD FORMAT: xxx
BYPASSING TO END OF COMMAND
(FOC009) INCOMPLETE REQUEST STATEMENT
WEBFOCUS ERROR NO. = 9

This message has been edited. Last edited by: FP Mod Chuck,


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December 07, 2018, 12:52 PM
BabakNYC
This might not apply to your specific use case but what if you checked for valid numbers instead so you don't even get an error?
  
-IF PATTERNS(&SEATS) NE 9 OR 99 THEN GOTO ERR_MSG
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT SEG.MODEL
BY COUNTRY BY CAR BY SEATS
WHERE SEATS EQ &SEATS
END
-RUN
-EXIT
-ERR_MSG
-TYPE YOU ENTERED AN INVALID VALUE.



WebFOCUS 8206, Unix, Windows
December 08, 2018, 05:41 AM
Ian Dalton
Thanks for the suggestion but actually my prompted field is a date and I know I can check its syntax but was just wanting to capture the correct error number.


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December 08, 2018, 11:42 AM
FP Mod Chuck
Ian

Unfortunately that variable is always the last error number that occurred even though it may not be the one you want to capture.


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Chuck Wolff - Focal Point Moderator
WebFOCUS 7x and 8x, Windows, Linux All output Formats
December 08, 2018, 12:56 PM
Ian Dalton
Ok thanks for the confirmation Chuck.


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