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shmulik
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hii to all

im trying to set a parameter and i get the

THE DATA VALUE HAS A FORMAT ERROR msg

the parameter is 01

into &col_id

how can i fix it??

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GinnyJakes
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Please post your exact code in between the code tags, i.e. rightmost icon on the ribbon bar.


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Darin Lee
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Without seeing your code it's hard to say for sure. A parameter will take any value - regardless of the format, because it is always taken as a string (although it can be later used as a number). The error you're getting will probably have to do with how you're setting the value or how you're trying to subsequently use the parameter. Make sure your use of quote marks is appropriate. As Ginny mentioned, posting your code would allow us to help you better.

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Waz
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Yes, ditto to Ginny and Darin, without the code we're suggesting in the dark.


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Here's guessing in the dark: If the DM variable is, for example: -SET &MyValue = 'ABCD' ; and it is being used in a WHERE statement as: WHERE FIELD1 EQ '&MyValue' (where: FIELD1 is an "A3" or I3, or any other numberic format). That give you that error...
 
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Darin Lee
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That would give you an error, but it would not be that error. You would probably get a COMPARISON BETWEEN COMPUTATIONAL AND ALPHA VALUES IS NOT ALLOWED


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That's right Darin... I should have run it thru WebFOCUS first for verification... I knew it was AN error... Could it be due to a DEFINE of a numberic DM variable to an alpha formatted field? Hey, it's dark in here without the light of shmulik's code to guide us thru this guessing game... I'll wait for the code...
 
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Waz
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quote:
THE DATA VALUE HAS A FORMAT ERROR



FYI

(FOC210) THE DATA VALUE HAS A FORMAT ERROR:
An alphabetic character has been found where all numerical digits are required.

This is probably from a function.


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Normally a function returns a different error if one of it's arguments is wrong

(FOC36355) INVALID TYPE OF ARGUMENT #n FOR USER FUNCTION functionname

quote:
THE DATA VALUE HAS A FORMAT ERROR msg


msg indicates that the error is on the line of code that has not been posted
but is probably

SET parameter = msg

example

SET MSG=ON
SET LINES=msg
 
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