Focal Point Banner


As of December 1, 2020, Focal Point is retired and repurposed as a reference repository. We value the wealth of knowledge that's been shared here over the years. You'll continue to have access to this treasure trove of knowledge, for search purposes only.

Join the TIBCO Community
TIBCO Community is a collaborative space for users to share knowledge and support one another in making the best use of TIBCO products and services. There are several TIBCO WebFOCUS resources in the community.

  • From the Home page, select Predict: WebFOCUS to view articles, questions, and trending articles.
  • Select Products from the top navigation bar, scroll, and then select the TIBCO WebFOCUS product page to view product overview, articles, and discussions.
  • Request access to the private WebFOCUS User Group (login required) to network with fellow members.

Former myibi community members should have received an email on 8/3/22 to activate their user accounts to join the community. Check your Spam folder for the email. Please get in touch with us at community@tibco.com for further assistance. Reference the community FAQ to learn more about the community.


Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     Default Value not getting overwritten

Read-Only Read-Only Topic
Go
Search
Notify
Tools
Default Value not getting overwritten
 Login/Join
 
Code Digger
Gold member
posted
Hi,

I am expecting a variable &EMPLID from my HTML page (EMPLID is a textbox). In my fex which is called by the HTML, I am defaulting EMPLID as

-DEFAULTS &EMPLID = '123' ;

and then writing

-SET &EMPLID = IF '&EMPLID' EQ '' OR ' ' OR 'N_A' THEN NULL ELSE &EMPLID;

If I dont enter anything in the EMPLID textbox I pass a blank in EMPLID. But even after comparison with '' or ' ' I dont get the value NULL, instead I still get the default value i.e. 123. Why is it behaving strangely.

Also if I dont give &EMPLID in single quotes on Right Hand Side it given an error comparison between Computational and Alpha values not allowed. Why?

Thanks
CD
 
Posts: 78 | Registered: December 11, 2005Report This Post
Alan B
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
CD

Use:
-SET &EMPLID = IF &EMPLID EQ '' 
-              OR &EMPLID EQ ' ' 
-              OR &EMPLID EQ 'N_A' THEN NULL ELSE &EMPLID;

DM 'lazy' OR logic is not valid.


Alan.
WF 7.705/8.007
 
Posts: 1451 | Location: Portugal | Registered: February 07, 2007Report This Post
Darin Lee
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
You also might try a ? & at the beginning to see if what you think is being passed really is being passed.


Regards,

Darin


In FOCUS since 1991
WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex
Data: DB2/UDB, Adabas, SQL Server Output: HTML,PDF,EXL2K/07, PS, AHTML, Flex
WF Client: 77 on Linux w/Tomcat
 
Posts: 2298 | Location: Salt Lake City, Utah | Registered: February 02, 2007Report This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  

Read-Only Read-Only Topic

Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     Default Value not getting overwritten

Copyright © 1996-2020 Information Builders