Larry:

Perfect! Many thanks.

On to the next head-scratcher.

Bruce


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Fail: Computed Column Shows all Nulls (-0-)
> From: Lawrence Lustig <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, February 13, 2012 10:25 am
> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List)
> 
> 
> You will need to make sure you have 
> 
> SET ZERO ON
> 
> in effect whenever you update this table.  At that time the calculated value 
> will be recalculated and, with that setting in effect, the NULLs will count 
> as 0 (right now you're seeing the effect of NULL causing the calculation to 
> produce an undetermined results).
> 
> To fix the problem in the short term:
> 
> SET ZERO ON
> UPDATE YourTable SET SomeColumn = SomeColumn
> SET ZERO OFF
> 
> --
> Larry
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: Bruce Chitiea <[email protected]>
> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> 
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 1:19 PM
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Fail: Computed Column Shows all Nulls (-0-)
>  
> All: TIA
> 
> RBG91_64.EXE SU
> Build: 9.1.5.20103
> Windows 7 Ultimate
> 
> Problem:
> The null (-0-) value appears in a computed column across ALL rows in a
> browsed table, where the computed column has been added after the table
> is populated with data.
> 
> Creating the computed column:
> 1. Create/insert a computed column in an existing data-populated table.
> 2. Insert the computed column below all columns used in the calculation.
> 3. All columns share the data type CURRENCY.
> 4. Simple expression: "(col1 + col2 + col3 + col4 + col5 + col6)".
> 5. There is at least one null (-0-) value in EACH row within the column
> set [col1 ... col6].
> 6. There is no row with ALL null values in column set [col1 ... col6].
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Bruce Chitiea
> SafeSectors, Inc.
> 909.238.9012 cell



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