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swetha
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Hi,

I have a textarea whose multiple property is Set to ON.A user can enter multiple zipcodes separated by commas.The requirement is I should bring all the records that has the zipcode that was entered in the textarea.

 TABLE FILE W_ADDR
PRINT *
WHERE ZIPCODE LIKE &ZIP;
END
-EXIT


This worked for me.

Now there is a little change in the requirement where we should bring the records that start with the entered zipcodes.

for example if I enter 55116,55124 we should bring the records that has 55116,551161234,551164567,55124,551241234,551245678 values for the zipcode field.For this scenario my above code won't work.
I have to use '%' in the where clause.But my &ZIP has values separated by 'OR' how can I achieve this.Can somebody help me.
Thanks.

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Francis Mariani
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TABLE FILE W_ADDR 
PRINT * 
WHERE ZIPCODE LIKE &ZIP; 
END

I don't see how this works if you have multiple values separated by OR, you should be getting an error:
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
*
WHERE SEATS LIKE 3 OR 4 OR 5
END

Is ZIPCODE numeric or alpha?
What does &ZIP contain? Does entering 55116,55124 convert to '55116' OR '55124' or 55116 OR 55124?


Francis


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swetha
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The value for &ZIP is '55116' OR '55124'.
I have the Multiple property set for the Textarea.I think that is the reason i am getting each value separated by OR.

ZIPCODE is VARCHAR.
Entering 55116,55124 convert to '55116' OR '55124'.Thanks a lot for your time.This is important for me.


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Severus.snape
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Hi,

Just try changing the LIKE caluse to CONTAINS.
If the values are being passed as '55116' OR '55124' (i.e alphanumeric) to the fex from the launch page CONTAINS should work. You can avoid appending a % in this way.

thanks
Sashanka

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Francis Mariani
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The quickest way to solve this is to ask the user to enter the "%" wildcard when they want to select zipcodes starting with the entered values:

55116%,55124%

If that's not acceptable, then you'll have to parse the variable &ZIP and insert the % wildcard using Dialogue Manager.

Here's an example using the CAR file.

Var ZIP contains the passed values entered by the user.
Var ZIP1 strips the single quotes to make it easier for the next command.
Var Zip2 replaces the ' OR ' between each entered value with '% OR '. It also re-adds the single quotes. It also adds a single quote at the beginning and a %' at the end to complete the parsed string.

-SET &ECHO=ALL;

-SET &ZIP = '''CAN'' OR ''ENG'' OR ''ITA''';

-SET &ZIP1 = STRIP(&ZIP.LENGTH, &ZIP, '''', 'A&ZIP.LENGTH');

-SET &ZIP2 = '''' | STRREP (&ZIP1.LENGTH, &ZIP1, 4, ' OR ', 8, '%'' OR ''', 300, 'A300') || '%''';

-? &ZIP

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT *
WHERE COUNTRY LIKE &ZIP2
HEADING
"&ZIP2"
END


Francis


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swetha
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Thanks for your response.I completely forgot about CONTAINS.This is what exactly I need.Thanks again.


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Francis Mariani
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CONTAINS isn't the same as LIKE.

If they enter 55116,55124, one of the selected zip codes could be 11223355124, which may not be what you want.


Francis


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Severus.snape
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Yes I overlooked that possibility.
Method suggested by Francis is the best way of doing it.

thanks
Sashanka


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swetha
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Thanks for correcting me Francis.

Coming to the code you posted
-SET &ZIP = '''CAN'' OR ''ENG'' OR ''ITA''';

where are all these quotes coming from.My &ZIP will contain values with single quotes.For ex : '55116' OR '55124'.
Could you explain that part.


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Severus.snape
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Hi,

Francis was only defaulting/setting the value for the variable &ZIP - when passed from the launch page you will see only '55116' OR '55124'.

thanks
Sashanka


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Doug
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We can keep it simple with "IN". Consider the following:
-SET &RCOSTS = '8878, 13491, 5610' ;
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM  'CAR.BODY.RETAIL_COST'
     'CAR.BODY.DEALER_COST'
BY 'CAR.ORIGIN.COUNTRY'
BY 'CAR.COMP.CAR'
BY 'CAR.CARREC.MODEL'
WHERE RCOST IN (&RCOSTS)
END
Where "&RCOSTS" is your "&ZIP".Cool
 
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