> We have a program that is nearly 20 years old. In a SQL statment I > have a line that should read > > Where Orig_princ - princ_paid + adj_princ>50 > > but for how long, I don't know, it said > > Where Orig_princ-princ_paid_adj_princ>50 > ... > Had I put in database name prefixes, the compiler would have caught > the syntax error. Instead, it evaluated princ_paid_adj_princ to > zero. I don't know why it didn't call that out as an undefined > variable, but it didn't.
Wasn't it just looking at the first ten characters, which just happen to be princ_paid? -Jerry _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
