Dear Shafqat, That issue does not seem to be because of a syntax error since I have indicated previously for some other forms EXTERNAL() command works perfect.
It feels like it should have something to do with the properties of the form or the fields that I am trying to qualify from. Regards, Koray. On Sep 5, 4:09 am, Shafqat Ayaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Koray > if you are entering the qualification as 'Task ID' = "TSK000001" in an > external qual it will not work, you need to put the double quotes within two > double quotes so the 'TSK000001' needs to be something like " " "TSK000001" " > " . > I have put spaces to show you the double quotes, you need to remove the > spaces. > make your char field visible and then have a look at what the qualification > looks like and you will what is wrong. you can enter the qual as you have > shown in the EXTERNAL qualification field and just right click on the table > and refresh it, it will show the correct data, but if you do a Set Fields > then you have to triple the double quotes. > Let me know if this fixes your problem or you need further help. > > thanks > > shafqat ayaz > > --- On Fri, 9/4/09, koray <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: koray <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Qualification EXTERNAL() Issue - Returns Nothing > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 1:50 PM > > Qualification I am using is something basic like 'Task ID' = > "TSK000001" just to test it. > > Weird thing is that when I enter the qualification string manually on > Table Properties it works perfect, but not via the character field. > > On Sep 4, 3:37 pm, Mark Lev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Can you post what the char string is that you're using when it doesn't > > work? You have to build it out to include formatting. > > > As for the 1=1 when you're leaving blank, it is probably building that to > > show all, as it likely needs to put in something. I don't see that as > > anything to worry about. > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of koray > > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:31 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Qualification EXTERNAL() Issue - Returns Nothing > > > Update on situation: > > > When the qualification string is empty log files reads > > > SELECT (......) FROM (...) WHERE (1 = 1) ORDER BY 6 ASC > > > and lists all the data, as i had mentioned previously. > > > On Sep 4, 3:13 pm, koray <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear List, > > > > I again have an issue but this seems a bit meaningless to me. > > > > I have a table on my form retrieving data from X form with every > > > fields of it added as columns. > > > > I also created a Character Field and set the table's Qualification to > > > that char field as External(). > > > When I refresh the table without any qualification - in other words > > > when the char field is empty - table lists all the data. > > > > But, when I enter a valid qualification string in the char field, I > > > get nothing. Log file shows like > > > > SELECT (......) FROM (...) WHERE (1 = 0) ORDER BY 6 ASC > > > > 1) where does 1=0 come from? Isn't it meaningless? > > > 2) Although I have not set any Order option from Table Properties > > > ORDER BY 6 ASC occurs. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Regards, > > > > Koray. > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > ____ > > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > > > Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > > Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > > Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
