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Doug
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What's the new methodology in using Ampersands in Values?

Case in point: I have a drop down list with "AT&T" in it. It displays as "AT&T" in the drop down list and is passed to the fex as "AT&T" which produced the "A required parameter is missing" message indicating that the value for the "&T" variable is missing (Actually it displays "Detail: &T" when clicking on the word "parameter" in that message.)

I know I'm missing something and pretty sure that this "issue" is accounted for in 8202. So, what's the trick? I'll RTFM if I knew which on had this information.

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pav
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Hi Doug,

Please try like this : "AT&|T".

Is this helpful?
 
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BabakNYC
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What's the context of your question? HTML Composer, Autoprompt or Designer page? Also, what does the WHERE test look like? I can't remember anything changing when it involves & in the value.


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Doug
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Thanks Pav,

The value is coming in from a source table as "AT&T" and I don't have the option to change that. Thus, it needs to accounted for upon population of the drop down list and as it's being passed to the fex as a parameter.
 
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Don Garland
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I wonder if you couldn't do something like the following

1. Unbind the variable from the drop-down.
2. Add a hidden input and bind the drop down variable to that.
3. Create an on_change event for the drop-down.
3. When the value changes, trap it and put double quotes around the value.

 var v1 = IbComposer_getCurrentSelection("combo_box1");  

        var v2 = '"'+ v1 + '"';



4. Load it into the hidden input which return it to the procedure on refresh. 

document.getElementById("inputhidden1").value = v2;


5. Strip the double quotes off the value in the procedure.

Might work, I don't know.


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Doug
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BabakNYC, Context:

This is the result of using a "Filter Page" in a portal. The drop down list is populated via sources file which has several values containing the ampersand.

My filter line should look like this: 
 WHERE MyField EQ 'ABC' OR 'AT&T' OR 'DEF' OR 'GHI'
 
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Doug
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Thanks Don Garland,

That sounds probable and I'll check it out while waiting for an 'out-of-the-box' solution, as per the client's desires. So, im the meantime, I'll work with your idea.
 
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Wep5622
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Perhaps you can replace any occurrences of '&' with '&|' in your dropdown list?

You could either do that by adding a virtual field to your data source MFD or by adding a DEFINE or COMPUTE to an 'external procedure' for your control.


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Doug
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Perhaps you can replace any occurrences of '&' with '&|' in your drop down list?

That's kind of what pav said, above. I'll check it out as a DEFINE field. Any idea as to what variation is displayed after selecting it? As seen in this image
, Or link to it here.

PS: It gets passed to the associated fex correctly... It's just not intuitive to the users, especially execs, CxOs.

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Doug
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I opened a case on this.
 
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Francis Mariani
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I may be wrong but I think using QUOTEDSTRING is supposed to make it work without fiddling:

OR
WHERE COL1 EQ &VAR1.QUOTEDSTRING

COMMA
WHERE COL1 IN ( &VAR1.QUOTEDSTRING )


Francis


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Doug
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This issue has been resolved with the installation of the latest maintenance release available, WebFOCUS 8202M Gen 60 (Done on Jun 7 2018).

This particular issue was resolved in Gen 8202M Gen 24.

If you have any issues with this, ask IB to refer to
Case Number: 180424068
Customer Label: Variables, Values, and Ampersands
Issue: Drop down list has "AT&T"

Enjoy the progress that IB is making with WebFOCUS, App Studio, Portals, and beyond. Next: 8203.




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