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    Problem with marked records

    Hi, I'm trying to place the value of one field in a table into another field in another table in the same set. Below is the script I'm using:

    dim Tbl as P
    dim user1 as C
    dim begindate as D
    dim enddate as D


    tbl3 = set.open("ameagle")

    tstr1 = ui_get_text("Server Name","Please Enter a Server's Name")
    if tstr1=""then
    end
    end if
    user1=(tstr1)

    dstr = ui_get_date("Beginning Date?","How Far Back Do You Wish To Go")
    if dstr=""then
    end
    end if
    begindate=ctod(dstr)

    dstr1 = ui_get_date("Drop Dead Date","Please Enter Drop Dead Date")
    if dstr=""then
    end
    end if
    enddate=ctod(dstr1)

    'debug(1)
    tbl = table.current()
    query.description = ""
    query.order = ""
    query.filter = "AMEREGL3->SERVER = "+quote(user1)+" .AND. BETWEEN(AMEREGL3->DROP_DEAD,{"+dtoc(begindate)+"},{"+dtoc(enddate)+"}) .AND. ISBLANK(\"AMEREGL3->DATE_COMP\")"
    query.options = "I"
    tbl.query_create()
    tbl.fetch_first()
    while .not. tbl.fetch_eof()

    tbl.change_begin()
    ameregl3->server_email = CASE(server list = marked(),server list->email)
    tbl.change_end()
    tbl.fetch_next()

    end while

    :form.activate("ameagle_new")

    END

    In the table.change_begin area is where I'm trying to call the marked records. Ameregl3 and Server list are both tables within the same set and ameregl3 is the parent table. The script is spawned in a new session and is run from a button on our main menu. Basically, I want to take the value in the Server List Email field and write it to the Server_Email field within ameregl3. There are no warnings or errors, it just doesn't write the email address into ameregl3. I'm sure it's my application of code but it seems to me this should work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm leaving the office now but will be back tommorrow morning at 11:00 am (PST).

    Thanks.....
    Scott
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    #2
    Re: Problem with marked records

    Code:
    ameregl3->server_email = CASE(server list = marked(),server list->email)
tbl.change_end()
    won't work
    try
    Code:
    ameregl3->server_email = [COLOR="#B22222"][B][B][SIZE=2]IF[/SIZE][/B][COLOR="#000000"]([/COLOR][SIZE=2] marked(server list)[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR], server list->email[COLOR="#B22222"][B][SIZE=2], ameregl3->server_email[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=2][/SIZE])
tbl.change_end[COLOR="#B22222"][B][SIZE=2](.t.)[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]
    Last edited by Ray in Capetown; 01-14-2014, 01:55 AM.

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      #3
      Re: Problem with marked records

      Thanks Ray, I'll try it in the morning and let you know..... Thx again.

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        #4
        Re: Problem with marked records

        Originally posted by draxx View Post
        Thanks Ray, I'll try it in the morning and let you know..... Thx again.
        btw if the name of the table (not a variable) is "Server list" then enclose it in quotes as ... marked("server list")

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          #5
          Re: Problem with marked records

          Thanks Ray, worked like a charm. Did you use an "if" statement because we were dealing with a logical value based on only 2 possibilities ( true or false), or was my use of a "case" statement just completely wrong....lol? Thanks again so much for the help.

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            #6
            Re: Problem with marked records

            Either is acceptable although if() is more commonly used with only two choices. The key is marked("server list").
            There can be only one.

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              #7
              Re: Problem with marked records

              In addition your case statement was incomplete, missing the alternative action if NOT marked
              CASE(server list = marked(), server list->email) states only if the first case condition is true then return the value server list->email ... and that ends - you need at least one more condition and result - if not true return ameregl3->server_email.

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                #8
                Re: Problem with marked records

                Thanks so much for the explanation. It always helps to understand why something doesn't work. I will definitely file thisbinfobawaybfor a rainybday....lol. Take care and thanks again.
                Scott

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