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joyesiji
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I have this code anytime i run it the &LINES keeps returning zero even though there is a record that is returned. Am i doing something wrong??


TABLE FILE &TABLE_NAME2
PRINT PART
-*ON TABLE HOLD AS &TABLE_NAME2
END
-RUN



-SET &LINES=&LINES;
-TYPE '>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DODO ' &LINES
-IF '&LINES.EVAL' EQ '1' THEN GOTO NODATA;

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WebFOCUS 7.6.9
Windows
all output (Excel, HTML, PDF)
 
Posts: 20 | Registered: July 06, 2010Report This Post
joyesiji
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and when i even look at the debug code i see


-RUN
0 NUMBER OF RECORDS IN TABLE= 1 LINES= 1
-SET &LINES= 0;
-TYPE 'LINES' 0


so why is &LINES always 0


WebFOCUS 7.6.9
Windows
all output (Excel, HTML, PDF)
 
Posts: 20 | Registered: July 06, 2010Report This Post
Crymsyn
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It is always zero because you are setting it to zero. It is a parameter that is automatically set and do not need to set it or define it. Try
TABLE FILE &TABLE_NAME2
PRINT PART
-*ON TABLE HOLD AS &TABLE_NAME2
END
-RUN


-TYPE '>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DODO ' &LINES
-IF &LINES EQ 1 THEN GOTO NODATA;


WF: 8201, OS: Windows, Output: HTML, PDF, Excel
 
Posts: 78 | Registered: November 08, 2010Report This Post
njsden
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quote:

TABLE FILE &TABLE_NAME2
PRINT PART
ON TABLE HOLD AS &TABLE_NAME2
END
-RUN


That would be a weird behaviour, however, I don't know if the fact that you are attempting to write to the same file you're reading from maybe causing WebFOCUS counters to go nuts ...

Can you try writing to a different HOLD file and then show both &LINES and &RECORDS to see what you get?

It would also be nice to know what your EMPTYREPORT setting is.

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joyesiji
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Crymsyn, I am still getting 0 after removing
-SET &LINES=&LINES

njsden i already commented out the
ON TABLE HOLD AS &TABLE_NAME

and i am still getting 0


0 NUMBER OF RECORDS IN TABLE= 1 LINES= 1
-*SET &LINES=&LINES;
-TYPE 'LINES' 0
'LINES' 0
-IF ' 0' EQ '1' THEN GOTO NODATA;


WebFOCUS 7.6.9
Windows
all output (Excel, HTML, PDF)
 
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njsden
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Do you mind posting your complete piece of code enclosed in 
[code] tags?


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Danny-SRL
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Hi,
Could you run the following:
quote:

-* File joyesiji01.fex
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT COUNTRY
ON TABLE HOLD
END
-RUN
-TYPE &LINES

Do you get 5?


Daniel
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wf 8.202M/Win10/IIS/SSA - WrapApp Front End for WF

 
Posts: 1980 | Location: Tel Aviv, Israel | Registered: March 23, 2006Report This Post
<JG>
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&LINES is a reserved variable.

Play with it and it will do strange things.

-SET &whatever = &LINES;

-IF &LINES EQ/NE/GT/LT x GOTO ...

Is about all you can do with it.

Best practice is.

WF Request
-RUN
-SET &your_variable = &LINES;

Do what you need based on &your_variable
 
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joyesiji
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Thanks guy i was able to find out why it was not working , there was a sql query before the code and that sql code contained errors, even though webfocus ran the TABLE FILE correctly and returned one result the &LINES was always 0, once i fixed the sql code then &LINES returned 1, Can i use &RECORDS instead of &LINES


WebFOCUS 7.6.9
Windows
all output (Excel, HTML, PDF)
 
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SriAravind
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&LINES - Use this when you want to find out how many records are there in the hold file or report.

&RECORDS - Use this when you want to find out the number of records read from the database.


WebFocus Version 7.7.05
Windows, HTML/PDF/EXL2K/AHTML
 
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joyesiji
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Resolved


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njsden
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How?


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njsden
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Oh never mind, I just read your comment from before.

To flag it as resolved, please edit your original post and change it's title prefixing it with [RESOLVED]. That'll do it Smiler


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