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Seva
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I need to concatanate fields from SQL 2005 table. If I run the following code
  
DEFINE FILE TALERTS_SENT
  FMT_JNUM/A12 = JOB_NUMBER;
  FMT_SENTTO/A30 = SENT_TO;
END

SQL
  SELECT FMT_JNUM+FMT_SENTTO FROM DW.TALERTS_SENT;
END

I get error - (FOC14014) OPERATOR + INCOMPATIBLE WITH OPERANDS (FMT_JNUM + FMT_SENTTO)
Note that if I use just 1 field (FMT_JNUM or FMT_SENTTO) then it works fine.
These fields are A12V and A30V in master file. I tried to change to A12 and A30 in master file as well as I tried to use DEFINE (see code above), but no luck.
Thanks.


WF 7.6.4, Win XP, SQL 2005
 
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gweller
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fields are A12V and A30V in master file. I tried to change to A12 and A30 in master file as well as I tried to use DEFINE (see code above), but no luck.



Perhaps replace the + with either a | or a double ||...

| - Will concatenate
|| - Will Concatenate and trim extra spaces

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT *
COMPUTE TEST/A50 = COUNTRY | CAR;
END


WebFOCUS 8201M/Windows Platform
 
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Francis Mariani
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Why not do the concatenation in the DEFINE?

DEFINE FILE CAR
COUNTRYV/A40V = COUNTRY;
MODELV/A40V = MODEL;
CM/A80 = COUNTRYV || MODELV;
CMV/A80V = COUNTRYV || MODELV;
END

SQL
SELECT CM, CMV FROM CAR
END


Francis


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Seva
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Double || works. Thanks a lot for fast response. I did the same in SQL Server Query Editor with '+' sign and I assumed that I should use the same syntax in WebFocus SQL Translator.


WF 7.6.4, Win XP, SQL 2005
 
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Francis Mariani
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Yes, well, you're probably not setting the engine.

Take a look at this:

Crazy DB2 error?


Francis


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Leah
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The WebFOCUS translator may actually generate that code in the background. Don't have it handy at the moment, but you can run a fex with xtrieval off to see generated code.


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gweller
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I think that goes something like this...

  
SET TRACEOFF = ALL
SET TRACEON = SQLAGGR//CLIENT
SET TRACEON = STMTRACE//CLIENT
SET TRACEON = STMTRACE/2/CLIENT
SET TRACEUSER = ON
SET XRETRIEVAL=OFF


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Seva
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Thanks a lot to everybody who replied. It works and right now I'm under non-negotiable deadline for this project, so I really don't have time to explore all suggestions. I found that on page 21-3 of "Creating reports with WebFocus language" it says that '||' should be used for concatenation, so I had to read manual. I just assumed that if it is called 'SQL Translator' then it should translate any query which runs in SQL.
Thanks again to everybody.


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ihf
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TRY (DEPENDING ON YOUR NEEDED FORMAT WITH OR WITHOUT SPACE) THE FOLLOWING:

DEFINE FILE TALERTS_SENT
FMT_JNUM/A43 = JOB_NUMBER||(' '|FMT_SENTTO);
FMT_JNUM/A42 = JOB_NUMBER||FMT_SENTTO;
END
.
.
.

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