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    Sets education

    Where is the best place to explore the intricacies of sets? I find much of my troubles are due to not setting up sets correctly. I understand the basic concepts explained in the User's Manual, but when you start adding filters (which don't seem to be working) and "Show parent record only if there is a child record" in the setup screen for sets, I quickly lose my way.

    I would really like to read a "walk-through" of how A5 generates a record ... does it apply filters to the child records first, then look for parents, then assemble a composite record? In Access, when I create a query, I look at a datasheet view of that and can even look at the underlying SQL statement which created that. I tried using a default browse to examine the set, but the browse became befuddled and showed different data in each record as I move my cursor up and down the database.

    Thank you.
    David A. Volgas, MD

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    Re: Sets education

    David

    Not sure what you are running into with the default browse, but I typically use the ad hoc browse to generate a simple browse with the import information for a set. ie the linking fields and enough info to see how Alpha is seeing the data..

    Save that browse and you can work through the options of sets and see the result.

    I've even gone to the level of color coding the columns in the browse so I can see the tables by color...

    Hope that helps.
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      #3
      Re: Sets education

      David,

      Thinks of sets for viewing data and for reports, but not for data entry. If you haven't already, take a look at this dated, but pertinent, article by Dr. Peter Wayne.

      http://www.learn alpha.com/SimplifyY...ifyYourApp.htm
      Peter
      AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

      [email protected]
      https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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        #4
        Re: Sets education

        attached is a database with a set, which I use for a report. first problem is opening a default browse, which doesn't display anything. However, I used the ad hoc browse to create a browse and saved it as brwset. if you open that browse, look at the records displayed, you will notice that it changes after you navigate up and down records. Pay particular attention to the column with payments and notice how it changes.

        thanks,

        dave
        David A. Volgas, MD

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          #5
          Re: Sets education

          Hi David,

          Thanks for the sample zip file, it makes it so much easier to understand what you are trying to do.

          I can see why you are getting confused.

          That is not the way to use a browse from a set.

          There is nothing wrong in the set construction, however, where data is to be displayed with parent and child records. The set would be used on a form, with the browse showing the records from the child table.

          Have a look at the Invoice form in Alpha Sports.
          Regards
          Keith Hubert
          Alpha Guild Member
          London.
          KHDB Management Systems
          Skype = keith.hubert


          For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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            #6
            Re: Sets education

            Thank you, Keith. However, what I need is to populate a report with data from the following tables:

            practice
            |-------physician
            | |---------- charges
            |-------payments

            I thought sets were used in reports as well.

            dave
            David A. Volgas, MD

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              #7
              Re: Sets education

              Also, it does not appear that the child filter on a grandchild table does anything.
              David A. Volgas, MD

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                #8
                Re: Sets education

                Hi David,

                Yes you are correct, a report can be built on a Set.

                What filter is not working where? There is no filter on the tblwork table in the set construction.
                Regards
                Keith Hubert
                Alpha Guild Member
                London.
                KHDB Management Systems
                Skype = keith.hubert


                For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                  #9
                  Re: Sets education

                  sorry, i put it in after i zipped that file. However, if you add a filter such as:

                  (DATE >= VAR->BEGDATE ) .OR. (DATE <= VAR->ENDDATE ) to the child filter in tblwork, it has no effect on the records printed on the report. Btw, the form which calls this report frmMainMenu, sets the global value of begdate and enddate by means of an xdialog.

                  dave
                  David A. Volgas, MD

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                    #10
                    Re: Sets education

                    Hi David,

                    I your filter on the report to between(Tblwork->Date,Var->begdate,Var->enddate) and it works just fine.

                    I have attached pdf of report for dates for February only. Is this what you wanted?
                    Regards
                    Keith Hubert
                    Alpha Guild Member
                    London.
                    KHDB Management Systems
                    Skype = keith.hubert


                    For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                      #11
                      Re: Sets education

                      that's correct. it works when placed in the report filter. if you place it in the set definition for the grandchild link, it doesn't
                      David A. Volgas, MD

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                        #12
                        Re: Sets education

                        David,
                        if you place it in the set definition for the grandchild link, it doesn't
                        That's right, in the set filter the the record list is fixed, when you print the report you are selecting a range of records.

                        If you filter your grandchild records in the set for say January, come February, you would not see any records.
                        Regards
                        Keith Hubert
                        Alpha Guild Member
                        London.
                        KHDB Management Systems
                        Skype = keith.hubert


                        For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                          #13
                          Re: Sets education

                          So, if I set the filter in the set definition to a global value and then change the global value, the records selecting by the set don't change?

                          I think of sets like a query. Maybe that's my problem.

                          dave
                          David A. Volgas, MD

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                            #14
                            Re: Sets education

                            Hi David,

                            It seems that you can use a Global Variable in a set filter. I would think that the value in the variable would have to be set before it was used to filter any child/grandchild records.

                            eg. Setting the global variable value in the Autoexec.
                            Regards
                            Keith Hubert
                            Alpha Guild Member
                            London.
                            KHDB Management Systems
                            Skype = keith.hubert


                            For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                              #15
                              Re: Sets education

                              true, but once it's set, if you change the global variable, it appears that the records selected by the set doesn't change.

                              Why are you up so late? lol
                              David A. Volgas, MD

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