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Erney
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I am trying to do a If statment around a where statement and could use some help.

 If &startdate eq '' then
where (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period.(FIND TAX_PERIOD IN DBO_PERIOD).Tax_period.' 
else
WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND  Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate))


Im not really sure how to do this, can anyone lend a hand?

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Posts: 63 | Registered: August 28, 2007Report This Post
fatboyjim
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Hi,

Try 
  
IF &startdate EQ '' THEN GOTO LAB1;
ELSE GOTO LAB2;
-LAB1
where (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period.(FIND TAX_PERIOD IN DBO_PERIOD).Tax_period.'
-GOTO ENDLAB;
-LAB2
WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND  Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate))
-ENDLAB


See if that is what you are looking for.

Best Regards,

Jimmy Pang


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Francis Mariani
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The IF requires a dash, e.g.
-IF &startdate EQ '' THEN GOTO LAB1;


Francis


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Erney
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This is what i got so far, I must have some syntax wrong because its bombing. I decided to change the if statement around to check tax_period to see if its blank.

-IF &Tax_period EQ MISSING THEN GOTO LAB1;
ELSE GOTO LAB2;
-LAB1
WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND  Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate))
GOTO ENDLAB;
-LAB2
WHERE (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period')
-ENDLAB


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fatboyjim
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Hi,

The line below needs dash too.

  
-GOTO ENDLAB;


Best Regards,

Jimmy Pang


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Posts: 117 | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Registered: February 29, 2008Report This Post
Erney
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I love these errors that come back from webfocus.. Lol I get

Error parsing report.
>IF<
-IF &Tax_period EQ ' ' THEN GOTO LAB1;

What does this mean?

I pasted the whole report code below.

TABLE FILE SQLOUT
PRINT 
     Processed_Date/HMDYY AS 'Processed,Date'
     Notice_date/HMDYY AS 'Notice,Date'
     Bus_name AS 'Business,Name'
     Notice_number AS 'Notice,Number'
     Tax_Due
BY License_no AS 'License,Number'
BY Tax_period AS 'Tax,Period'
     
ON License_no SUBTOTAL
     Tax_Due MULTILINES AS ''
HEADING
"Assessments Notice"
" "
-IF &Tax_period EQ ' ' THEN GOTO LAB1;
ELSE GOTO LAB2;
-LAB1
WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND  Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate))
-GOTO ENDLAB;
-LAB2
WHERE (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period')
-ENDLAB
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF 
ON TABLE COLUMN-TOTAL AS 'TOTAL' Tax_Due
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
     UNITS=IN,
     SQUEEZE=ON,
     ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
     GRID=OFF,
     FONT='ARIAL',
     SIZE=9,
     COLOR='BLACK',
     BACKCOLOR='NONE',
     STYLE=NORMAL,
$
TYPE=DATA,
     COLUMN=N5,
     JUSTIFY=LEFT,
$
TYPE=TITLE,
     STYLE=BOLD,
$
TYPE=TITLE,
     COLUMN=N5,
     JUSTIFY=LEFT,
$
TYPE=TABHEADING,
     SIZE=12,
     STYLE=BOLD,
$
TYPE=TABFOOTING,
     SIZE=12,
     STYLE=BOLD,
$
TYPE=HEADING,
     SIZE=12,
     STYLE=BOLD,
$
TYPE=HEADING,
     LINE=1,
     JUSTIFY=CENTER,
$
TYPE=HEADING,
     LINE=2,
     JUSTIFY=CENTER,
$
TYPE=FOOTING,
     SIZE=12,
     STYLE=BOLD,
$
TYPE=SUBHEAD,
     SIZE=10,
     STYLE=BOLD,
$
TYPE=SUBFOOT,
     SIZE=10,
     STYLE=BOLD,
$
TYPE=SUBTOTAL,
     BACKCOLOR=RGB(210 210 210),
$
TYPE=ACROSSVALUE,
     SIZE=9,
$
TYPE=ACROSSTITLE,
     STYLE=BOLD,
$
TYPE=GRANDTOTAL,
     BACKCOLOR=RGB(210 210 210),
     STYLE=BOLD,
$
TYPE=REPORT,
     COLUMN=N5,
     WRAP=1.180556,
$
ENDSTYLE
END


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njsden
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quote:
-IF &Tax_period EQ MISSING THEN GOTO LAB1;

I am not so sure that MISSING can be used withing the context of Dialog Manager.

I would suggest that you always initialize your variables with "something" so you can easily determine whether or not a value was provided by the user. What about this slimmed-down piece:

-DEFAULTS &startdate  = '19000101';
-DEFAULTS &Tax_period = 'NONE';

-IF &startdate EQ '19000101' THEN GOTO :FTAXPRD;
WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND  Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate))
-GOTO -:FEND;
-:FTAXPRD
WHERE (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period')
-:FEND


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Francis Mariani
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Your syntax is wrong. If you need to continue a Dialogue Manager command on another line, the first character must be a dash:

-IF &Tax_period EQ '' THEN GOTO LAB1
- ELSE GOTO LAB2;


Francis


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njsden
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quote:

-IF &Tax_period EQ ' ' THEN GOTO LAB1;
ELSE GOTO LAB2;


That may be the reason of the error. You started an -IF command (which belongs to the realm of Dialog Manager) and in the next line you put an ELSE keyword which belong to [Web]FOCUS language syntax.

What WebFOCUS is actually "seeing" after Dialog Manager is resolved is just an orphan ELSE keyword not belonging to any IF statement.

Try the piece of code I posted previously to see if it makes a difference.


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Hua
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quote:
If &startdate eq '' then
where (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period.(FIND TAX_PERIOD IN DBO_PERIOD).Tax_period.'
else
WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate))


Change the WHERE clause to:

WHERE (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period.(FIND TAX_PERIOD IN DBO_PERIOD).Tax_period.' AND &startdate eq '')  OR
     ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND  Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate))


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RSquared
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Try using DM commands
-SET &TEST1=IF&startdate eq '' then
- 'where (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period.(FIND TAX_PERIOD IN DBO_PERIOD).Tax_period.''
- else
'WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate';

TABLE FILE WHATEVER
PRINT *
&TEST1
END

You do need to make sure that you use the correct number of '.


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ABT
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...and parens. ;-)

'WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate))';


quote:
Originally posted by RSquared:
Try using DM commands
-SET &TEST1=IF&startdate eq '' then
- 'where (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period.(FIND TAX_PERIOD IN DBO_PERIOD).Tax_period.''
- else
'WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate';

TABLE FILE WHATEVER
PRINT *
&TEST1
END

You do need to make sure that you use the correct number of '.


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RSquared
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ABT, you are correct. However, I was just trying to pass along a concept that I have used that might help others with this type of problem. I do have a slight problem with mis-typing and incomplete copying. so thanks.


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Erney
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This worked, thanks all.

 -IF &Tax_period EQ '' THEN GOTO LAB1;
-ELSE GOTO LAB2;
-LAB1
WHERE ( Processed_Date GE DT(&StartDate) AND  Processed_Date LE DT(&EndDate))
-GOTO ENDLAB;
-LAB2
WHERE (Tax_period EQ '&Tax_period')
-ENDLAB


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