So the Remedy function COLCOUNT() has no bearing if the table field is chunked? I distinctly remember having some issue with something similar in the past but not sure if it was with COLCOUNT() or something else..
Or maybe it was a limitation of that version?? Joe Carey, I understand what you are saying, but either way you use colcount, it's still counting rows, not columns. That's what my point was, colcount is not something I would have ever looked at by its name and though, "Oh, I'll bet this function will count the number of rows." Gary -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Carey Matthew Black Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:15 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Active Link works on dev; not on prod Gary, Actually ...there is a difference between COLCOUNT and a "ROWCOUNT" function. REF: BasicGuide-630.2006.05.09.pdf Pg 647 " COLCOUNT (column) or (table) " <snip> " For a table or results list field, returns the total number of rows. For a column field, returns the total number of non-NULL rows in a given column. " So if you call COLCOUNT and pass it a reference to a Table field then it does a "row count". However, if you pass it a column of a table then it counts the non-null rows in that column. The reason that can be very helpful is if you are using the updatability of columns. (For example.) The user may want/need to know that there are N rows that need attention before they can continue with a given task. So... as implemented, Remedy's COLCOUNT function is a super set of what ROWCOUNT could do if it worked the way I think you would want it to work. But I am not clear as to what the number would be if table chunking was involved. I would guess that it would give you the current chunk size and not the total number of records in all of the data chunks. So if your feeling chunky in your table fields... do some testing if you want the Total total instead of the chunk total. But I think $ LASTCOUNT $ should always get the Total total just after the table was refreshed in an active link. HTH. -- Carey Matthew Black Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) Love, then teach Solution = People + Process + Tools Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two. ________________________________ From: "Opela, Gary L CTR USAF AFMC 72 CS/SCBAH" <gary.opela....@tinker.af.mil> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 9:19:52 AM Subject: Re: Active Link works on dev; not on prod _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
