RE: EVAL
The result of every EVAL is (deemed to be) a string. Try using both FMT and CONV field qualifiers. FMT for the right justification and CONV to try to convince the query engine that it's dealing with numbers - either the MD or the MR conversion should do it. LIST file EVAL expression CONV MD0 FMT 10R -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
I seem to remember, and I must stress vaguely, that in SQL it depended on the justification of the left hand operand. Phil Walker +64 21 336294 [EMAIL PROTECTED] infocusp limited \\ PO Box 77032, Auckland New Zealand \ www.infocusp.co.nz DISCLAIMER: This electronic message together with any attachments is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, do not copy, disclose or use the contents in any way. Please also advise us by return e-mail that you have received the message and then please destroy. infocusp limited is not responsible for any changes made to this message and / or any attachments after sending by infocusp limited. We use virus scanning software but exclude all liability for viruses or anything similar in this email or any attachment -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ray Wurlod Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:58 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: EVAL The result of every EVAL is (deemed to be) a string. Try using both FMT and CONV field qualifiers. FMT for the right justification and CONV to try to convince the query engine that it's dealing with numbers - either the MD or the MR conversion should do it. LIST file EVAL expression CONV MD0 FMT 10R -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
LIST FILE WHEN EVAL F16 * 0.9 LT F16 -Original Message- From: Schalk van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 March 2004 19:21 To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: EVAL U2-ers, UNIVERSE. Can somebody help me with the syntax of EVAL. I want to execute a SELECT on a file to get all records where (field 16)*0.9 field(17). Thanks. Schalk - GWK BEPERK/LIMITED (REG: 1997/022252/06) POSBUS 47 PO BOX 8730 DOUGLAS Direkteure/Directors: NB Jacobs, FJ Lawrence, J v/d S Botes, JH Coetzee, JGD Smit, JF Jacobs, AO Müller, JW Smit, JP Snyman, JG Stander, JH van Dyk(MD/BD), JG Jacobs, A Müller, Sekr/Secr: E van Niekerk. Hierdie e-pos is onderworpe aan 'n vrywaring beskikbaar by: http://www.gwk.co.za/DisclaimerVrywaring.asp This e-mail is subjected to the disclaimer that can be viewed at: http://www.gwk.co.za/DisclaimerVrywaring.asp Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the named addressee, or the person responsible for delivering the message to the named addressee, please notify the sender as soon as possible and delete the material from your computer. This message will be protected by copyright. If it has come to you in error, you must not take any action based on its contents nor must you copy or show the message to any person other than the intended recipient. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: EVAL
Hi Schalk, Can somebody help me with the syntax of EVAL. I want to execute a SELECT on a file to get all records where (field 16)*0.9 field(17). Various ways to do this. Try... SELECT file WITH EVAL F16 * 0.9 F17 = 1 where F16 and F17 are field names from the dictionary. The most common mistake is to miss off the = 1 at the end. Remember, this EVAL expression is going to return true or false. Martin Phillips Ladybridge Systems 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB +44-(0)1604-709200 -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
I think you mean LIST FILE WHEN EVAL F16 * 0.9 LT F17 Cheers, Wol -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Witney Sent: 11 March 2004 12:40 To: 'U2 Users Discussion List' Subject: RE: EVAL LIST FILE WHEN EVAL F16 * 0.9 LT F16 -Original Message- From: Schalk van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 March 2004 19:21 To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: EVAL U2-ers, UNIVERSE. Can somebody help me with the syntax of EVAL. I want to execute a SELECT on a file to get all records where (field 16)*0.9 field(17). Thanks. Schalk - GWK BEPERK/LIMITED (REG: 1997/022252/06) POSBUS 47 PO BOX 8730 DOUGLAS Direkteure/Directors: NB Jacobs, FJ Lawrence, J v/d S Botes, JH Coetzee, JGD Smit, JF Jacobs, AO Müller, JW Smit, JP Snyman, JG Stander, JH van Dyk(MD/BD), JG Jacobs, A Müller, Sekr/Secr: E van Niekerk. Hierdie e-pos is onderworpe aan 'n vrywaring beskikbaar by: http://www.gwk.co.za/DisclaimerVrywaring.asp This e-mail is subjected to the disclaimer that can be viewed at: http://www.gwk.co.za/DisclaimerVrywaring.asp Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the named addressee, or the person responsible for delivering the message to the named addressee, please notify the sender as soon as possible and delete the material from your computer. This message will be protected by copyright. If it has come to you in error, you must not take any action based on its contents nor must you copy or show the message to any person other than the intended recipient. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users *** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. *** -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
So I do :-) -Original Message- From: Anthony Youngman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 March 2004 12:59 To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: EVAL I think you mean LIST FILE WHEN EVAL F16 * 0.9 LT F17 Cheers, Wol -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Witney Sent: 11 March 2004 12:40 To: 'U2 Users Discussion List' Subject: RE: EVAL LIST FILE WHEN EVAL F16 * 0.9 LT F16 -Original Message- From: Schalk van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 March 2004 19:21 To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: EVAL U2-ers, UNIVERSE. Can somebody help me with the syntax of EVAL. I want to execute a SELECT on a file to get all records where (field 16)*0.9 field(17). Thanks. Schalk - GWK BEPERK/LIMITED (REG: 1997/022252/06) POSBUS 47 PO BOX 8730 DOUGLAS Direkteure/Directors: NB Jacobs, FJ Lawrence, J v/d S Botes, JH Coetzee, JGD Smit, JF Jacobs, AO Müller, JW Smit, JP Snyman, JG Stander, JH van Dyk(MD/BD), JG Jacobs, A Müller, Sekr/Secr: E van Niekerk. Hierdie e-pos is onderworpe aan 'n vrywaring beskikbaar by: http://www.gwk.co.za/DisclaimerVrywaring.asp This e-mail is subjected to the disclaimer that can be viewed at: http://www.gwk.co.za/DisclaimerVrywaring.asp Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the named addressee, or the person responsible for delivering the message to the named addressee, please notify the sender as soon as possible and delete the material from your computer. This message will be protected by copyright. If it has come to you in error, you must not take any action based on its contents nor must you copy or show the message to any person other than the intended recipient. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users *** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. *** -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the named addressee, or the person responsible for delivering the message to the named addressee, please notify the sender as soon as possible and delete the material from your computer. This message will be protected by copyright. If it has come to you in error, you must not take any action based on its contents nor must you copy or show the message to any person other than the intended recipient. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
Can somebody help me with the syntax of EVAL. I want to execute a SELECT on a file to get all records where (field 16)*0.9 field(17). Various ways to do this. Try... SELECT file WITH EVAL F16 * 0.9 F17 = 1 where F16 and F17 are field names from the dictionary. The most common mistake is to miss off the = 1 at the end. Remember, this EVAL expression is going to return true or false. 1. Yes, but put quotes around the final literal 1: WITH EVAL F16 * 0.9 F17 = 1 or it will try to find a record called 1 in both the dictionary and VOC. Many Pick-style dicts have that. Even if it doesn't exist today, it might in the future. 2. You might be tempted to do: WITH EVAL F16 * 0.9 F17 (or WHEN '''''' '' for multivalued data) which will probably work, but with EVALs you sometimes need to include explicit formatting conversion on the command line. RetrieVe sometimes outsmarts itself when sorting BY an EVAL or using an EVAL as a display column. By default it sometimes assigns to the EVAL the conversion justification of an element inside the EVAL. Annoying, that. All this makes Martin's answer better, since it is more explicit. 3. If you use Pick-style dictionaries, you can still use EVALs, and you can extract the fields you want: WITH EVAL @RECORD16 * 0.9 @RECORD17 = 1 4. All this assumes single-valued fields, right? Let us know, because if either F16 or F17 are multi-valued, you'll need a variation on the theme by using LTS function and/or the WHEN keyword. Chas. Stevenson -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: EVAL
Yes, single valued and Pick. This works for me. Thanks all. Schalk On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:30:02 -0500, Stevenson, Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can somebody help me with the syntax of EVAL. I want to execute a SELECT on a file to get all records where (field 16)*0.9 field(17). Various ways to do this. Try... SELECT file WITH EVAL F16 * 0.9 F17 = 1 where F16 and F17 are field names from the dictionary. The most common mistake is to miss off the = 1 at the end. Remember, this EVAL expression is going to return true or false. 1. Yes, but put quotes around the final literal 1: WITH EVAL F16 * 0.9 F17 = 1 or it will try to find a record called 1 in both the dictionary and VOC. Many Pick-style dicts have that. Even if it doesn't exist today, it might in the future. 2. You might be tempted to do: WITH EVAL F16 * 0.9 F17 (or WHEN '''''' '' for multivalued data) which will probably work, but with EVALs you sometimes need to include explicit formatting conversion on the command line. RetrieVe sometimes outsmarts itself when sorting BY an EVAL or using an EVAL as a display column. By default it sometimes assigns to the EVAL the conversion justification of an element inside the EVAL. Annoying, that. All this makes Martin's answer better, since it is more explicit. 3. If you use Pick-style dictionaries, you can still use EVALs, and you can extract the fields you want: WITH EVAL @RECORD16 * 0.9 @RECORD17 = 1 4. All this assumes single-valued fields, right? Let us know, because if either F16 or F17 are multi-valued, you'll need a variation on the theme by using LTS function and/or the WHEN keyword. Chas. Stevenson -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ - GWK BEPERK/LIMITED (REG: 1997/022252/06) POSBUS 47 PO BOX 8730 DOUGLAS Direkteure/Directors: NB Jacobs, FJ Lawrence, J v/d S Botes, JH Coetzee, JGD Smit, JF Jacobs, AO Müller, JW Smit, JP Snyman, JG Stander, JH van Dyk(MD/BD), JG Jacobs, A Müller, Sekr/Secr: E van Niekerk. Hierdie e-pos is onderworpe aan 'n vrywaring beskikbaar by: http://www.gwk.co.za/DisclaimerVrywaring.asp This e-mail is subjected to the disclaimer that can be viewed at: http://www.gwk.co.za/DisclaimerVrywaring.asp -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
Is there a way to assign a justification to an EVAL item other than having it use the justification of a field used in the formula? I know you can assign different formatting and conversion. Yes, use the FMT keyword. Brian. This email was checked on leaving Microgen for viruses, similar malicious code and inappropriate content by MessageLabs SkyScan. DISCLAIMER This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information. In the event of any technical difficulty with this email, please contact the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microgen Information Management Solutions http://www.microgen.co.uk -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
Is there a way to assign a justification to an EVAL item other than having it use the justification of a field used in the formula? I know you can assign different formatting and conversion. The justification is assigned in the FMT, not independently as you do in pick-style dictionary A- S-items. For example, for a right justified sort: SELECT ... BY EVAL FMT 10R Likewise there are other keywords to specify other attributes that would normally be in an I-descriptor: CONV, MULTIVALUED, SINGLEVALUED, ASSOC, ASSOC.WITH. Those all have synonyms. -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/11/2004 8:50:56 AM Is there a way to assign a justification to an EVAL item other than having it use the justification of a field used in the formula? I know you can assign different formatting and conversion. EVAL seems to use the formatting and conversion of the first field in the phrase, so I have entered a field that has nothing to do with the calculation at hand but has the conversion I want as a first 'sentence' in the phrase as follows: EVAL FIELD_W_DESIRED_CONV;F16 * 0.9 F17 Since the first 'sentence', FIELD_W_DESIRED_CONV, is not referenced in the final evaluation it doesn't affect the result, only the conversion used. Karjala -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
On the use of FMT to affect the justification of an EVAL field, can this be used to affect a sort by an EVAL field? It doesn't seem to affect it when I do it in unidata. Our company accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 11/29/2003 ACE Software, LLC -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
LIST FILE EVAL @ID * 0.10 '9R3' -Original Message- From: Karjala Koponen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 March 2004 15:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: EVAL [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/11/2004 8:50:56 AM Is there a way to assign a justification to an EVAL item other than having it use the justification of a field used in the formula? I know you can assign different formatting and conversion. EVAL seems to use the formatting and conversion of the first field in the phrase, so I have entered a field that has nothing to do with the calculation at hand but has the conversion I want as a first 'sentence' in the phrase as follows: EVAL FIELD_W_DESIRED_CONV;F16 * 0.9 F17 Since the first 'sentence', FIELD_W_DESIRED_CONV, is not referenced in the final evaluation it doesn't affect the result, only the conversion used. Karjala -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the named addressee, or the person responsible for delivering the message to the named addressee, please notify the sender as soon as possible and delete the material from your computer. This message will be protected by copyright. If it has come to you in error, you must not take any action based on its contents nor must you copy or show the message to any person other than the intended recipient. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
On UniVerse, the system seems to assume left-justified comparison unless you specify something different using FMT. Try this: SELECT ... WITH EVALF16 * 0.9 FMT10R F17 You can also specify a conversion much the same way: SELECT ... WITH EVALF16 * 0.9 CONVMD2 FMT10R F17 Is there a way to assign a justification to an EVAL item other than having it use the justification of a field used in the formula? I know you can assign different formatting and conversion. EVAL FIELD_W_DESIRED_CONV;F16 * 0.9 F17 Since the first 'sentence', FIELD_W_DESIRED_CONV, is not referenced in the final evaluation it doesn't affect the result, only the conversion used. Karjala Michael D. Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
Yes, I use this feature often in UniVerse (running in PI/OPEN flavor). Suppose I wanted to list the customers with the longest names, I would use: LIST CUSTOMER NAME BY.DSND EVAL LEN(NAME) FMT 2R Since the default is left justification, if I omitted the 'FMT 2R', all the customers with 9-character names would be sorted before those with 10+ character names! The FMT clause causes it to sort as one would expect. Hope this helps. Randy -Original Message- From: Dave Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:23 AM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: EVAL On the use of FMT to affect the justification of an EVAL field, can this be used to affect a sort by an EVAL field? It doesn't seem to affect it when I do it in unidata. Our company accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 11/29/2003 ACE Software, LLC -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
Then try this idea: EVAL FMT(LEN(NAME),R#4) AS SORTORD BY.DSND SORTORD Stu Glancy Asset Management Outsourcing, Inc. Senior Analyst/DBA 770-792-3907 Tried that before and it still sorted left (on UniData). That's why I asked. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Randy Gill Sent: Thu 3/11/2004 3:27 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: EVAL Yes, I use this feature often in UniVerse (running in PI/OPEN flavor). Suppose I wanted to list the customers with the longest names, I would use: LIST CUSTOMER NAME BY.DSND EVAL LEN(NAME) FMT 2R Since the default is left justification, if I omitted the 'FMT 2R', all the customers with 9-character names would be sorted before those with 10+ character names! The FMT clause causes it to sort as one would expect. Hope this helps. Randy -Original Message- From: Dave Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:23 AM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: EVAL On the use of FMT to affect the justification of an EVAL field, can this be used to affect a sort by an EVAL field? It doesn't seem to affect it when I do it in unidata. Our company accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 11/29/2003 ACE Software, LLC -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL
Yes but its not the same, and doesn't help if the EVAL result can be negative (unless you add a large enough number to it to make all results positive). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Randy Gill Sent: Thu 3/11/2004 3:50 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: EVAL Okay. Alternately, perhaps something like this would work (again, works on UniVerse...): LIST CUSTOMER NAME BY.DSND EVAL FMT(LEN(NAME),'2R') Randy -Original Message- From: Dave Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:53 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: EVAL Tried that before and it still sorted left (on UniData). That's why I asked. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Randy Gill Sent: Thu 3/11/2004 3:27 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: EVAL Yes, I use this feature often in UniVerse (running in PI/OPEN flavor). Suppose I wanted to list the customers with the longest names, I would use: LIST CUSTOMER NAME BY.DSND EVAL LEN(NAME) FMT 2R Since the default is left justification, if I omitted the 'FMT 2R', all the customers with 9-character names would be sorted before those with 10+ character names! The FMT clause causes it to sort as one would expect. Hope this helps. Randy -Original Message- From: Dave Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:23 AM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: EVAL On the use of FMT to affect the justification of an EVAL field, can this be used to affect a sort by an EVAL field? It doesn't seem to affect it when I do it in unidata. Our company accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 11/29/2003 ACE Software, LLC -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL and LIKE
I tried it. It didn't seem to work but maybe I didn't do it right. I did include the [1] in there. I'm a newbie, was I not suppose to. I'm also running this in a UNIQUERY statement at the colon prompt. Would that have anything to do with it not running properly. Thanks for whatever light you can shed on my case. kevin At 11:24 AM 2/5/2004 -0500, you wrote: Perhaps this will help: EVAL IF (FIELD.NAME[1] = * OR INDEX(FIELD.NAME,'Incomplete',1)) THEN 1 ELSE 0 -Original Message- From: Kevin Michaelsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EVAL and LIKE I'm trying to get this statement to work: Basically I'm trying to count the number of records that have a FIELD.NAME that has an * or an Incomplete. TOTAL EVAL IF(WITH FIELD.NAME LIKE '...*','Incomplete') THEN COUNTER ELSE 0 Thanks for any assistance. Kevin -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL and LIKE
Title: Message If all you need is justa count of records in a file with a particular field containing the value "*" or "Incomplete": COUNT file WITH field = '*' 'Incomplete' -Original Message-From: Kevin Michaelsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:16 AMTo: U2 Users Discussion ListSubject: RE: EVAL and LIKEI tried it. It didn't seem to work but maybe I didn't do it right. I did include the [1] in there. I'm a newbie, was I not suppose to. I'm also running this in a UNIQUERY statement at the colon prompt. Would that have anything to do with it not running properly. Thanks for whatever light you can shed on my case.kevinAt 11:24 AM 2/5/2004 -0500, you wrote: Perhaps this will help:EVAL "IF (FIELD.NAME[1] = "*" OR INDEX(FIELD.NAME,'Incomplete',1)) THEN 1 ELSE 0" -Original Message- From: Kevin Michaelsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EVAL and LIKE I'm trying to get this statement to work: Basically I'm trying to count the number of records that have a FIELD.NAME that has an "*" or an "Incomplete". TOTAL EVAL "IF(WITH FIELD.NAME LIKE "'...*','Incomplete'") THEN COUNTER ELSE 0" Thanks for any assistance. Kevin-- u2-users mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
RE: EVAL and LIKE
Title: Message Kevin: A problem is the use of the double-quote more than once - this will fail. Also, in your original below you have the following clause using LIKE: LIKE "'...*' which will not work in the way you want. Because the ...* is within the single quotes, the LIKE statement will try to match on exactly that - it will seek fields that are exactlythree periods and an asterisk!Actually, if you just want to count records, try this COUNTFILE.NAMEWITH FIELD.NAMELIKE "...'*'..." OR WITHFIELD.NAME LIKE "...'Incomplete'..." Note that the specific strings you want to seek are inside the single quotes, but the triple-dots are outside those but contained inside the double quotes. (In pi/openyou don't need the double quotes at all). Harold Oaks Sr. Analyst/Programmer Clark County, WA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin MichaelsenSent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:16 AMTo: U2 Users Discussion ListSubject: RE: EVAL and LIKEI tried it. It didn't seem to work but maybe I didn't do it right. I did include the [1] in there. I'm a newbie, was I not suppose to. I'm also running this in a UNIQUERY statement at the colon prompt. Would that have anything to do with it not running properly. Thanks for whatever light you can shed on my case.kevinAt 11:24 AM 2/5/2004 -0500, you wrote: Perhaps this will help:EVAL "IF (FIELD.NAME[1] = "*" OR INDEX(FIELD.NAME,'Incomplete',1)) THEN 1 ELSE 0" -Original Message- From: Kevin Michaelsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EVAL and LIKE I'm trying to get this statement to work: Basically I'm trying to count the number of records that have a FIELD.NAME that has an "*" or an "Incomplete". TOTAL EVAL "IF(WITH FIELD.NAME LIKE "'...*','Incomplete'") THEN COUNTER ELSE 0" Thanks for any assistance. Kevin-- u2-users mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
