Yes. The LENGTH of the values should be set into integer fields and then compared.
Michelle -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kyle Whitley Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Comparing feild lengths They are character....they should be integer shouldn't they? Kyle Lucero, Michelle - IST contractor wrote: > Are ztemp1 and ztemp2control integer or character fields? > > Thanks, > Michelle > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kyle Whitley > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Comparing feild lengths > > I have two temp fields that I have created some workflow to compare > length between the two. First field is set by the user when they type > in a value, the second field is the control (ie the first field must be > >= the second field). Problem is that when the first field is double > digits (> 9) my qualifications are failing, stating the the first field > is shorter than the control. What could be causing this? > > Ex: > > ztemp1 = 12 > ztemp2control = 8 > > I have an active link that fires stating that if ztemp1 < ztemp2control > > then a message is displayed telling the user that "ztemp1 needs to be 8 > characters or greater". This works fine until ztemp1 is double digits. > > ARS 6.3 > > Thanks > > Kyle > > -- Kyle Whitley IT System Support Professional Office of Information and Instructional Technology (OIIT) Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
