I still can't seem to get this working. I even set the column to record
the current value (which I am able to capture from the R> as a variable)
but what I get is the literal of the expression (cval('netuser')).
Using the current version installed from CD.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of A.
Razzak Memon
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:13 AM
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Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Default field value CVAL - Razzak's Reply
At 09:51 AM 1/23/2003 -0500, David Ebert wrote:
>I am trying to stamp each record with the network name of the user
>entering the data. I set the field (EntBy) to: (IFNULL(EntBy,
>(cval('netuser')), EntBy))
>
>What I get in the field is the above string.
>
>I use the same format for a date stamp:
>(IFNULL(Entdate, .#DATE, Entdate))
>Which works just fine.
>
>Do I need to capture the netuser value as a variable first and use the
>variable?
