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    Find by Index Method

    Hi,

    I am trying to find the "StateTaxId" from "StateTax" table with current Employee record condition which state name and date.

    This is an error coding.
    Code:
    dim tEmp as p
    dim iEmp as p
    dim vRecEmp as n
    dim vEmpDepend as n
    dim vEmpState as c
    
        tEmp=table.open("emp")
        iEmp = tEmp.index_primary_put("Emp_Id_U")
        vRecEmp = tEmp.fetch_find(vEmpId)
        if (vRecEmp > 0) then
    	    vEmpDepend = tEmp.Dependency   'Replaced with lookup("Emp","Emp_id="+quote(Payroll_days->emp_id),"Dependency")
    	    vEmpState =  tEmp.Taxfile_state
    	   
       
    'Read the State tax table which matched with above Emp condition and find the State_id 
    		dim tState as p
    		dim iState as p
    		dim vStTaxId as c
    		dim vRecState as n
    		dim vFilterSt as c
    
            tState=table.open("tax_state")
            [COLOR="Red"]vFilterSt ="state_name= var->vEmpState .and. cyear(Start_date)=cyear(vPaydate)"
            iState = tState.index_primary_put()
            tState.fetch_find(vFilterSt) [/COLOR]
              'After find the record, do something
    else
    end if
    My Questions are
    (1) Can I write as like above(Red color lines) ?
    (2) If I cannot use those, Should I use the "<tbl>.index_create_begin() with <tbl>.index_create_end() scripts in order to use Index find method?
    (3) Is Query find method better than Index find method in this case?

    #2
    Re: Find by Index Method

    Code:
    vFilterSt ="state_name= "+quote(var->vEmpState)+" .and. cyear(Start_date)="+cyear(vPaydate)
    Example substitution...

    Code:
    'sample variables
    vEmpState = "MA"
    vPaydate = {04/03/2010}
    
    ? "state_name= var->vEmpState .and. cyear(Start_date)=cyear(vPaydate)"
    = "state_name= var->vEmpState .and. cyear(Start_date)=cyear(vPaydate)"
    
    ? "state_name= "+quote(var->vEmpState)+" .and. cyear(Start_date)="+cyear(vPaydate)
    = state_name= "MA" .and. cyear(Start_date)=2010
    Last edited by Stan Mathews; 04-07-2010, 10:49 AM.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: Find by Index Method

      Good morning Stan,

      Thank you for your advise.

      I have an error message as "Conflicting expression data types"

      Is it because the "vFilterSt" type?
      I currently used a "C" type for this filed.

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        #4
        Re: Find by Index Method

        Nope, I wasn't paying attention to the cyear() being character.

        Code:
        vFilterSt ="state_name= "+quote(var->vEmpState)+" .and. cyear(Start_date)="+[COLOR="Red"]quote([/COLOR]cyear(vPaydate)[COLOR="red"])[/COLOR]
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          Re: Find by Index Method

          Stan,

          After added the Quote() or changed s_quote(), I still got an Error message which "Conflicting ...data types"

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            #6
            Re: Find by Index Method

            I completely missed the point.

            You can't use .fetch_find() unless you have an index in effect on state and cyear(startdate). If you did have such an index you don't pass it a filter expression, you pass it values.

            You probably should use

            Code:
            tState=table.open("tax_state")
            vFilterSt ="state_name= "+quote(var->vEmpState)+" .and. cyear(Start_date)="+quote(cyear(vPaydate))"
            tState.query_create("N",vFilterSt)
            'After querying for the record, do something
            There can be only one.

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              #7
              Re: Find by Index Method

              John,

              Code:
                 vFilterSt ="state_name= var->vEmpState .and. cyear(Start_date)=cyear(vPaydate)"
                      iState = tState.index_primary_put()
                      tState.fetch_find(vFilterSt)
              the "index_primary_put()" needs to have an index tag name in the parens;
              ie:
              Code:
                 
                      iState = tState.index_primary_put("State_name")
              where state_name is a defined index for the state tax table.

              Your fetch_find would then be
              Code:
                 vFilterSt ="var->vEmpState +cyear(vPaydate)"
                              tState.fetch_find(vFilterSt)
              Last edited by Tom Henkel; 04-07-2010, 01:31 PM. Reason: Ignore this one, Hit "enter" erroneously...

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                #8
                Re: Find by Index Method

                John,

                Code:
                   vFilterSt ="state_name= var->vEmpState .and. cyear(Start_date)=cyear(vPaydate)"
                        iState = tState.index_primary_put()
                        tState.fetch_find(vFilterSt)
                the "index_primary_put()" needs to have an index tag name in the parens otherwise it is in record number order.
                ie:
                Code:
                   
                        iState = tState.index_primary_put("State_name")
                where state_name is a defined index for the state tax table
                ordered by state_name+cyear(Start_date)

                Your fetch_find would then be
                Code:
                                vFilterSt =var->vEmpState +cyear(vPaydate)
                                tState.fetch_find(vFilterSt)
                Tom

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                  #9
                  Re: Find by Index Method

                  Good morning

                  Tom and Stan, Thank you for your help.
                  I understood the Filter Coding rule now. I had the trouble understanding the index and query filter.

                  This is an interactive for test
                  Code:
                  dim fdr as c
                  vfdrid ="federal"
                  vfdrTaxable =982.45
                  
                  fdr = "taxfdr_id= "+quote(vFdrId)+" .and. min_income<="+s_quote(vFdrTaxable)+".AND. max_income>="+s_quote(vFdrTaxable)
                  ?fdr
                  = taxfdr_id= "federal" .and. min_income<=982.45.AND. max_income>=982.45
                  This code is fine to me so I applied on my script.
                  Code:
                  'Lookup Federal Bracket tax table 
                  dim tFdrBrk as p
                  dim vFilterFdrbrk as c
                  dim qryFdrbrk as p
                  dim vRecFdrbrk as n
                  dim vFdrBrkid as c
                  Dim vFdrBrkRate as n
                  Dim vFdrBrkPls as n
                  dim vFdrBrkExc as n          	  
                          tFdrBrk = table.open("tax_fdr_brackets")
                          vFilterFdrbrk = "taxfdr_id= "+quote(vFdrId)+" .and. min_income<="+s_quote(vFdrTaxable)+".AND. max_income>="+s_quote(vFdrTaxable)
                          [COLOR="Red"]qryFdrbrk = tFdrBrk.query_create("n",vFilterFdrbrk)[/COLOR]
                          vRecFdrBrk =tFdrBrk.records_get()
                  but I ran the debug it, I got an error message as "No such filed". What is wrong on this red color line script?

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                    #10
                    Re: Find by Index Method

                    I don't see where vFdrTaxable is dimmed.

                    Also best practice is to specify var-> when using them in filters. That way there is no ambiguity about what is a field name vs a variable name.



                    Code:
                    vFilterFdrbrk = "taxfdr_id= "+quote([COLOR="Red"]var->[/COLOR]vFdrId)+" .and. min_income<="+s_quote([COLOR="red"]var->[/COLOR]vFdrTaxable)+".AND. max_income>="+s_quote([COLOR="red"]var->[/COLOR]vFdrTaxable)
                    There can be only one.

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                      #11
                      Re: Find by Index Method

                      Stan,

                      Here, I called "vFdrTaxable" above the "Fdr_brk" script.
                      Is "if .. else .. end if" clause broken the link(??)?

                      Code:
                      'Federal TaxTable lookup  
                      dim tFdr as p
                      dim vFilterFdr as c
                      dim qryFdr as p
                      dim vRecFdr as n
                       
                      Dim vFdrId as c
                      dim vFdrallow as n    
                      dim vFdrDeduct as n    
                      Dim vSstRate as n
                      dim vMdcRate as n
                      [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]dim vFdrTaxable as n[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]<--- Here[/COLOR]
                       
                              tFdr = table.open("tax_fdr")
                              vFilterFdr = "File_status ="+quote(vEmpStatus)+" .and. File_period="+quote(vEmpFile)+".and.  cyear(Start_date)="+quote(cyear(vPaydate))
                              qryFdr = tfdr.query_create("n",vFilterFdr)
                              vRecFdr =tFdr.records_get()
                                 If (vRecFdr > 0) then
                                 	  vFdrId = tFdr.Txfdr_id
                                 	  vFdrallow = tFdr.Allowance
                                 	  vSstRate = tFdr.Social_tax
                                 	  vMdcRate = tFdr.Medicare_tax
                                 	  'calculate the Allawance Deduct and make a Taxable Amout
                                 	       vFdrDeduct = round(vEmpDepend * vFdrallow,2)
                                 	       [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]vFdrTaxable = (vEmpEarn - vFdrDeduct)[/COLOR]
                                  else
                                  end if  
                                
                      'Lookup Federal Bracket tax table 
                      dim tFdrBrk as p
                      dim vFilterFdrbrk as c
                      dim qryFdrbrk as p
                      dim vRecFdrbrk as n
                      dim vFdrBrkid as c
                      Dim vFdrBrkRate as n
                      Dim vFdrBrkPls as n
                      dim vFdrBrkExc as n          	  
                              tFdrBrk = table.open("tax_fdr_brackets")
                              vFilterFdrbrk = "taxfdr_id= "+quote(var->vFdrId)+" .and. min_income<="+s_quote(var->vFdrTaxable)+".AND. max_income>="+s_quote(var->vFdrTaxable)
                              qryFdrbrk = tFdrBrk.query_create("n",vFilterFdrbrk)
                              vRecFdrBrk =tFdrBrk.records_get()
                              if (vRecFdrbrk > 0 ) then
                              	vFdrBrkId = tFdrBrk.Txfdrbracket_id
                      		    vFdrBrkRate = tFdrBrk.Withhold_rate
                      		    vFdrBrkPls = tFdrBrk.Plus_tax
                      		    vFdrBrkExc = tFdrBrk.Wage_excess 
                      		
                      			'Calculate the Federal Tax Rate 
                      			dim vFicaAmt as n
                      			dim vFwhtAmt as n 
                      			dim vFwhtBase as n
                      			    vFWHTBase=round(vFdrTaxable - vFdrBrkExc,2)
                      			    vFwhtAmt= round((vFwhtbase * (vFdrBrkRate/100)+ vFdrBrkPls),2)
                      			    vFicaAmt= round(vEmpEarn*((vSstRate + vMdcRate)/100),2)  
                      	    else
                      		end if 
                      		ui_msg_box("Result for FWH" +vEmpId,"FWH tax is  "+vFwhtAmt)
                      		ui_msg_box("Result for FICA" +vEmpId,"FICA tax is "+vFicaAmt)

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                        #12
                        Re: Find by Index Method

                        It could cause a problem since the vFdrTaxable as n will default to zero if vRecFdr = 0.

                        Did you make the suggested change using var->?
                        There can be only one.

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                          #13
                          Re: Find by Index Method

                          Yes, I tried the "var->" , deleted "if..else..end" and relocated other dim clauses, Stan.

                          I attached the error and tax_Fdr_brackets table screen shots for additional info.

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                            #14
                            Re: Find by Index Method

                            Code:
                            vFilterFdrbrk = "taxfdr_id= "+quote(var->vFdrId)+" .....
                            should be

                            Code:
                            vFilterFdrbrk = "txfdr_id= "+quote(var->vFdrId)+" ......
                            The error was telling you there is no

                            taxfdr_id

                            field in tax_fdr_brackets.
                            There can be only one.

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                              #15
                              Re: Find by Index Method

                              Stan,

                              Thank you for your point.
                              It works well now.

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