I'm trying to create this statement:

-SET &WHERE_DATE = IF &COMPARE EQ 'ON' THEN 'WHERE (DATE GE &STARTDATE AND DATE LE &ENDDATE) OR (DATE GE &STARTDATE2 AND DATE LE &ENDDATE2);' ELSE 'WHERE DATE GE &STARTDATE AND DATE LE &ENDDATE;';

However, with the single quotes, the varibles are being passed as literals and not replaced with the value sent from the procedure. I've toyed about with double-quote, some more singles, haven't figured it out yet.

Your help is appreciated.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Joe Beydoun,

You need to use the variables as fields and concatenate them to the string.

-SET &WHERE_DATE = IF &COMPARE EQ 'ON' THEN 'WHERE (DATE GE ' | &STARTDATE | ' AND DATE LE ' | &ENDDATE 
- | ') OR (DATE GE ' | &STARTDATE2 | ' AND DATE LE ' | &ENDDATE2 | ');' ELSE 'WHERE DATE GE ' | &STARTDATE 
- | ' AND DATE LE ' | &ENDDATE | ';';

The other option is to add .EVAL to the variables, but that can be dangerous, as if thevariable has an embedded quote, the line may fail.

Thx for the response, I tried concatenation earlier and got this result from the parser:

-SET &WHERE_DTEI = IF ON EQ 'ON' THEN 'WHERE (ZHEDTEI GE ' | 20101201 | ' AND ZHEDTEI LE ' | 20101203 - | ') OR (ZHEDTEI GE ' | 20101206 | ' AND ZHEDTEI LE ' | 20101207 | ');' ELSE 'WHERE ZHEDTEI GE ' | 20101201 - | ' AND ZHEDTEI LE ' | 20101203 | ';';

(FOC260) AN OPERATION IS MISSING AN ARGUMENT

The .EVAL worked great, I would like to heed your warnings though, but this particular scenario "should" never see embedded quotes.

so help with the concatenation syntax would be appreciated.

Is the -SET command on one line or three ?

The code I posted was on three lines.

The continuation character (first char) is a '-'.

In your post it is one line of code.

Ok, I feel like a little grasshopper, I didn't even know about continuation characters.

Works great, thanks Waz.

Joe,

me too...

don't feel bad, I've been looking for this also, couldn't find it either.

And it's impossible to find in de help. If it's there at all. ( should be in language documentation I think. )

Thanks Waz.

-SET &STARTDATE = &YYMD;
-SET &ENDDATE = &YYMD+5;
-SET &STARTDATE2 = &YYMD+10;
-SET &ENDDATE2 = &ENDDATE+10;
-SET &COMPARE = ON;
-TYPE &STARTDATE
-TYPE &ENDDATE
-TYPE &STARTDATE2
-TYPE &ENDDATE2

-SET &WHERE_DATE = IF &COMPARE NE 'ON' THEN 'WHERE DATE GE ''&STARTDATE.EVAL'' AND DATE LE ''&ENDDATE.EVAL'';'
-ELSE 'WHERE (DATE GE ''&STARTDATE.EVAL'' AND DATE LE ''&ENDDATE.EVAL'') OR (DATE GE ''&STARTDATE2.EVAL'' AND DATE LE ''&ENDDATE2.EVAL'');';
-TYPE &WHERE_DATE
-EXIT