Well it seems to work in 6.5++ just fine if you use the code i sent in the 
first place. Javier code should work just fine also. But you must use & 
instead of . I wish i had remembered to test it at home using 7.1 :(


On 23 Dec 2004 at 7:30, MikeB wrote:

> neither will work....  Once you put the Parans around the cols, the parser
> expects an expression, so you have to put in + or & as appropriate along with
> any type conversions required by the expression...
> 
> If you omit the Parens, you can't designate a Return Column value...
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:26 PM
> Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: correcting data where there is a primary 
&foreign keys
> 
> 
> > It looks like your CHOOSE syntax is confusing R:Base:
> >
> > Presumably, you are trying to display the 3 values in your menu but 
you
> > appear to be telling R:Base that the value after the comma is what you 
want
> > returned - and you've got two commas.
> >
> > Try it this way:
> >
> >     CHOOSE vCID FROM #VALUES FOR DISTINCT +
> >     (CID,SSN,(LJS(FullName,35)) ) +
> >     FROM PEOPLELIST +
> >     WHERE SSN like .vSSN +
> >     ORDER BY Debtor
> >
> > or
> >
> >     CHOOSE vCID FROM #VALUES FOR DISTINCT +
> >     (CID,SSN,(LJS(FullName,35)) ), RetCol +
> >     FROM PEOPLELIST +
> >     WHERE SSN like .vSSN +
> >     ORDER BY Debtor
> >
> > if you want to return RetCol to your result.
> >
> > If neither of those work try replacing the two commas within the 
brackets
> > with ampersands.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alastair.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Chris Szeto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:11 PM
> > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: correcting data where there is a primary 
&foreign
> > keys
> >
> >
> > > The only difference is instead of the Choose command it starts with
> > > select.
> > >
> > >    CHOOSE vCID FROM #VALUES FOR DISTINCT +
> > >    CID,SSN,(LJS(FullName,35)) +
> > >    FROM PEOPLELIST +
> > >    WHERE SSN like .vSSN +
> > >    ORDER BY Debtor
> > >
> > >    SELECT +
> > >    CID,SSN,(LJS(FullName,35)) +
> > >    FROM PEOPLELIST +
> > >    WHERE SSN like .vSSN +
> > >    ORDER BY Debtor
> > >
> > > BTW, thanks for all the assistance with this.
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
Lawrence
> > > Lustig
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:21 PM
> > > To: RBG7-L Mailing List
> > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: correcting data where there is a primary
> > > &foreign keys
> > >
> > > > I have tried this way and it still does not work.  I'm using 7.1
> > > though
> > > > so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it.  The single 
wild
> > > > cards did not work either unfortunately.
> > >
> > > Chris, could you post the SELECT statement that DOES work for the
> > > purpose of
> > > comparison?
> > > --
> > > Larry
> > >
> >
> 
> 



Victor Timmons  
Tiz's Door Sales, Inc
425-258-2391

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