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Please show us your WebFOCUS code and the SQL that gets generated.

Francis

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Ignored post by Francis Mariani posted

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-* File input_test.fex
-SET &ECHO = 'ALL';
SET BYDISPLAY = OFF
-DEFAULT &FIRST_NAME = 'FOC_NONE'
-DEFAULT &LAST_NAME = 'FOC_NONE'
-DEFAULT &BARCODE = 'FOC_NONE'
-*
DEFINE FILE INPUT_TEST
GDATE/MtDYY = HDATE(DATE, 'MDYY');
GYEAR/YY = GDATE;
DRILLMON/MYY = GDATE ;
GMONTH/MtYY = GDATE ;
GQUARTER/QYY = GDATE ;
END
-*
TABLE FILE INPUT_TEST
PRINT
BARCODE AS 'Barcode'
FINES/D12.2!D AS 'Fines'
-*
BY FIRST_NAME AS 'First Name'
BY LAST_NAME AS 'Last Name'
BY GDATE AS 'Date'
WHERE FIRST_NAME EQ ('Denise') OR LAST_NAME EQ (' ') OR BARCODE EQ (' ');
END
(FOC1400) SQLCODE IS 102 (HEX: 00000066) XOPEN: 42000
: Microsoft SQL Native Client: [42000] Incorrect syntax near ')'. [42000]
: Statement(s) could not be prepared. [] Deferred prepare could not be com
: pleted.
L (FOC1406) SQL OPEN CURSOR ERROR. : INPUT_TEST

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rfbowley

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WHERE FIRST_NAME EQ ('Denise') OR LAST_NAME EQ (' ') OR BARCODE EQ (' ');

I think the first thing I would change is the parenthesis to:

 
WHERE (FIRST_NAME EQ 'Denise') OR (LAST_NAME EQ ' ') OR (BARCODE EQ ' ');

Robert F. Bowley Jr.
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Francis Mariani

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Because you have these statements and based on your initial question,

-DEFAULT &FIRST_NAME = 'FOC_NONE'
-DEFAULT &LAST_NAME = 'FOC_NONE'
-DEFAULT &BARCODE = 'FOC_NONE'

I assume your WHERE statement code looks like this:

WHERE FIRST_NAME EQ ('&FIRST_NAME') OR LAST_NAME EQ ('&LAST_NAME') OR BARCODE EQ ('&BARCODE');

First, I would code the WHERE statement as rfbowley suggested, but, more importantly, you have to learn what the FOC_NONE does: If there is a FOC_NONE value in a lone of WebFOCUS code, the whole line of code is suppressed - this means if the user only entered 'Denise', the WHERE statement would be suppressed and ignored as there is a 'FOC_NONE' value elsewhere in the line of code.

This is what I would do: create a Dialogue Manager variable for the WHERE statement, bur before I show you how, are you sure you want OR clauses? Shouldn't be AND if the FIRST and LAST names were entered?

Francis

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Ignored post by Francis Mariani posted

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Francis,

Yes, that is what my WHERE statement is. Ok re: FOC_NONE, but why is it then that the statements still do not work when I separate them like this:
WHERE FIRST_NAME EQ ('&FIRST_NAME');
WHERE LAST_NAME EQ ('&LAST_NAME');
WHERE BARCODE EQ ('&BARCODE');

I have other reports where if there is nothing chosen from the drop-down menu, the default (FOC_NONE) will kick in and that where statement will be ignored. Is it because it is a drop-down menu and the user is not manually entering text?

Also, I can do AND instead of OR for first and last name.

Thanks,
Denise

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PBrightwell

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Your HTML is not passing FOC_NONE, it is passing spaces and spaces is overriding your default. Try making your where statements amphere variables.

-SET &WHR1=IF '&FIRST_NAME' EQ '' THEN '' 
- ELSE 'WHERE FIRST_NAME EQ ''&FIRST_NAME'';'

doing the same for the other wheres.

Pat
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Pat,

I'm not sure how to use your bit of code. Not sure where to place it and what the correct syntax is.

Thanks

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PBrightwell

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near the top of your program add

 
-SET &WHR1=IF '&FIRST_NAME' EQ '' THEN '' 
- ELSE 'WHERE FIRST_NAME EQ ''&FIRST_NAME'';'  ;
-SET &WHR2= IF '&LAST_NAME' EQ '' THEN ''
- ELSE 'WHERE LAST_NAME EQ ''&LAST_NAME'';'
-SET &WHR3= IF '&BARCODE' EQ '' THEN ''
- ELSE 'WHERE BARCODE EQ ''&BARCODE'';';

Replace your current WHERE statements with &WHR1.EVAL,&WHR2.EVAL AND &WHR3.EVAL

Pat
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Ignored post by PBrightwell posted

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Pat,

I tried your suggestion except I changed AND to OR in my WHERE statement and I get the following:

ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 40 IN PROCEDURE input_test_summary_copy
(FOC002) A WORD IS NOT RECOGNIZED: OR
BYPASSING TO END OF COMMAND
(FOC009) INCOMPLETE REQUEST STATEMENT

Thanks

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PBrightwell

Master

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Using an OR with this will be very tricky. When I said replace your current WHERE statements I meant use
&WHR1.EVAL
&WHR2.EVAL
&WHR3.EVAL
The statements will be blank if the options were not chosen. The .EVAL will force the &variable inside the &WHR to be evaluated as well as the &WHR itself.

If you are going to use an "OR" condition, you have to test for it before building your &WHR statements. You don't want to end up with OR BARCODE EQ '&BARCODE' as your WHERE without a LASTNAME or FIRSTNAME condition.

Pat
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