Tom,
Your first example has spaces between the commas and the next element on the list, while the second list does not. As a rule, do not introduce those spaces and everything will be left justified on the CHOOSE. You may need to declare a variable with everything on one line for the list to get completely consistent results: SET VAR vlist = 'Managers,Engineers,Superintendents,Finance,MIS-CRAM,PR_Contacts,PR_Alternat es,Permit_Contacts,Permit_Alternates' Then: CHOOSE vaudience FROM #LIST .vlist As for the difference you are seeing between desktop and laptop, there is probably some other issue you just aren't seeing that is causing the one to fail. Emmitt Dove Manager, Converting Applications Development Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [email protected] (203) 214-5683 m (203) 643-8022 o (203) 643-8086 f [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Eldred Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:02 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Choose settings Good Morning, I am a bit confused with respect to using choose it seems. I get two different behaviors on two different machines using the same build. On my laptop, CHOOSE vaudience FROM #LIST + 'Managers, Engineers, Superintendents, Finance, MIS-CRAM, + PR_Contacts, PR_Alternates, Permit_Contacts, Permit_Alternates' Returns the data requested as expected. It does however introduce spaces into the choose list for each item following the first. So being happy with the outcome, I copied it to my desktop and this throws an error that no rows match. However using: CHOOSE vaudience FROM #LIST + 'Managers,Engineers,Superintendents,Finance,MIS-CRAM,+ PR_Contacts,PR_Alternates,Permit_Contacts,Permit_Alternates' On the desktop returns the same dataset as the laptop code. Now what really confuses me is that if I run the first set on my desktop using the file as it was saved on a USB drive it runs as though it were on the laptop. So I am curious is this an RBase setting I need to bring into alignment between the machines, or is this some other setting, or is it just a weird fluke? Thanks for any insight you may be able to provide.hope to see you in October! Tom Eldred
