Hi,

I am expecting a variable &EMPLID from my HTML page (EMPLID is a textbox). In my fex which is called by the HTML, I am defaulting EMPLID as

-DEFAULTS &EMPLID = '123' ;

and then writing

-SET &EMPLID = IF '&EMPLID' EQ '' OR ' ' OR 'N_A' THEN NULL ELSE &EMPLID;

If I dont enter anything in the EMPLID textbox I pass a blank in EMPLID. But even after comparison with '' or ' ' I dont get the value NULL, instead I still get the default value i.e. 123. Why is it behaving strangely.

Also if I dont give &EMPLID in single quotes on Right Hand Side it given an error comparison between Computational and Alpha values not allowed. Why?

Thanks
CD

CD

Use:

-SET &EMPLID = IF &EMPLID EQ '' 
-              OR &EMPLID EQ ' ' 
-              OR &EMPLID EQ 'N_A' THEN NULL ELSE &EMPLID;

DM 'lazy' OR logic is not valid.

You also might try a ? & at the beginning to see if what you think is being passed really is being passed.