Tom,
I seem to remember that some time in the past RBase began to
tighten the syntax for an expression in FORMS/LABELS/REPORTS
involving a .var requires that the expression be enclosed in
parenthesis.
Also, see a later email about simplifying your expressions.
--- Tom Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have run into a situation I can easily fix but do not
> understand what
> happened. Using V8 with the most recent updates. In my
> examples below
> ZID is an integer ID# and .vZID is the integer variable
> version. I have
> used these examples for months. They have always worked and
> both follow
> the examples in the manuals.
>
>
>
> Example 1 : COMPUTE ZXYZ AS COUNT ZID FROM Z_Identity_Info
> WHERE ZID =
> .vZID AND ZResid = 'Home'
>
>
>
> Example 2 (form variables) :
>
> 1 : INTEGER vZID = ZID
>
> 2 : TEXT vZFName = ZFName IN Z_Identity_Info WHERE ZID =
> .vZID
>
> 3 : TEXT vZLName = ZLName IN Z_Identity_Info WHERE ZID =
> .vZID
>
> 4 : TEXT vZName = (.vZFName & .vZLName)
>
>
>
> In the last week, these same lines stopped working until I
> changed .vZID
> to (.vZID) this morning. Once the changes were made the
> programs took
> off and ran like usual. The Valentines update was installed
> and when
> (.vZID) is returned to .vZID, it stops working again. This no
> real
> problem (except the editing to be done), but I do not
> understand what
> might have changed. If this is simply a tightening of options
> then OK.
> Is there something else I just do not see?
>
>
>
> Tom Frederick
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
>
>
>
Jim Bentley
American Celiac Society
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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