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    sql_lookup issues

    I have this code in my Application Form in my Aftervalidate event of my dialog component. This code is suppose to send an email to the client who has applied for using the web service. However I can't quite figure out how do I tie the email address to the ticket number which is an auto numeric field so that the email is sent to the user showing his/her ticket number and the expiration date of the ticket. I have tried using sql_lookup but I get this error message:

    Errors in: event.AfterValidate code:
    Could not execute lookup query. Reported error: Error parsing SQL statement
    line 1:45: unexpected token: arogers@socialsecurity



    Below is the code I have in my aftervalidate event
    Code:
    ' Write to table User details upon Registration
    
    Dim tbl as P
        tbl = table.open("[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\application.dbf")
        
            tbl.enter_begin(.T.)
            tbl.User_Fname= alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.FirstName.value) 
            tbl.User_lname = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.LastName.value)
            tbl.email = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.Email.value)
            tbl.Email_confirmation = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.EmailConfirmation)
            tbl.Reg_num = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.EmployerNumber.value)
            tbl.Employer_name = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.EmployerName.value)
            tbl.Trade_name = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.TradeName.value)
            tbl.Employer_address = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.EmployerAddress.value)
            tbl.Country= alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.Country.value)
            tbl.Telephone = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.Landline.value)
            tbl.cell = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.Cell.value)
            tbl.Received_date =convert_type(date(),"D")
            'tbl.Ticket_status=alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.ticket_status.value)
            tbl.enter_end(.T.)
            tbl.close()
            
    
            
            
    
    'Send emails to users upon registration, telling them their ticket number and expiration date of ticket
    
    
    Ticket=sql_lookup("::name::webportal","application",Alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.email.value),"ticket_number")
    
    Expiration=sql_lookup("::name::webportal","application",Alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.email.value),"Expiration_date")
    
    Customer_Name= alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.FirstName.value) 
    
    Customer_fullname=alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.FirstName.value)+" "+ alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.LastName.value)
    
    Received_date= convert_type(Received_date,"D")
    Expire_date= convert_type(Expiration,"D")
    
    'tbl.close()
    
    'Send emails to users upon registration, telling them their ticket number and expiration date of ticket
    
    
    
    pm.lrelated = .T.
    'pm.from = CurrentForm.Controls.From.value
    pm.from_alias = "Administrator Social Security Board"
    pm.to = CurrentForm.Controls.Email.value
    pm.bcc = ""
    pm.subject ="Registration Confirmation"
    pm.qq = <<%html%
    <html>
    <head> </head>
    <body>
    Thank you {Customer_Name} for signing up for our online Electronic C3 Submission service.
    Your ticket number is {Ticket} and you have four(4) Business days to visit the our Office to complete the registration Process.
    Your ticket is valid until {Expire_date}. Failure to visit our office within the specified date would result in you having to re-register for the service
    .Thanks for your Compliance 
    </body>
    </html>
    %html%
    pm.html_message = evaluate_string(pm.qq)
    email_send2(pm)
    
    
    
    'Send Email to myself to tell me when a new User has registered
    
    pm.to="[email protected]"
    pm.subject="A new user just registered"
    pm.qq = <<%html%
    <html>
    <head> </head>
    <body>
    {Customer_fullname} has signed up for our online Electronic C3 Submission service.
     The ticket number is {Ticket} and is valid until {Expire_date}. 
    </body>
    </html>
    %html%
    pm.html_message = evaluate_string(pm.qq)
    email_send2(pm)
    
    
    
    
    currentform.redirecttarget="ticketstatus.a5w"
    The ticketstatus.a5w page contains a grid component where I want the applicant's ticket number, received date and expiration date to be shown.


    Thanks Rogers

    #2
    Re: sql_lookup issues

    A couple things that might help:

    You need to dim the pm variable as a pointer. But more importantly, I don't think you can make up a property named qq for that pointer. Instead of pm.qq, use:

    dim msg as c
    msg = <<%html%
    ...
    pm.html_message = evaluate_string(msg)
    ...

    Because you are removing qq as a property from pm, you also have to add "delete pm" at the top of your statement just once to clear that variable.
    Steve Wood
    See my profile on IADN

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      #3
      Re: sql_lookup issues

      Thanks Steve for your Reply but I am still getting the same error message. Am I missing something?
      I dim pm as P
      and I changed the code to:
      Code:
      Ticket=sql_lookup("::name::webportal","application",Alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.email.value),"ticket_number")
      
      Expiration=sql_lookup("::name::webportal","application",Alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.email.value),"Expiration_date")
      
      Customer_Name= alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.FirstName.value) 
      
      Customer_fullname=alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.FirstName.value)+" "+ alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.LastName.value)
      
      Received_date= convert_type(Received_date,"D")
      Expire_date= convert_type(Expiration,"D")
      
      'tbl.close()
      
      'Send emails to users upon registration, telling them their ticket number and expiration date of ticket
      
      
      
      pm.lrelated = .T.
      pm.from_alias = "Administrator Social Security Board"
      pm.to = CurrentForm.Controls.Email.value
      pm.bcc = ""
      pm.subject ="Registration Confirmation"
      msg = <<%html%
      <html>
      <head> </head>
      <body>
      Thank you {Customer_Name} for signing up for our online Electronic C3 Submission service.
      Your ticket number is {Ticket} and you have four(4) Business days to visit the our Office to complete the registration Process.
      Your ticket is valid until {Expire_date}. Failure to visit our office within the specified date would result in you having to re-register for the service
      .Thanks for your Compliance 
      </body>
      </html>
      %html%
      pm.html_message = evaluate_string(msg)
      email_send2(pm)
      
      
      
      'Send Email to myself to tell me when a new User has registered
      
      pm.to="[email protected]"
      pm.subject="A new user just registered"
      delete pm
      msg= <<%html%
      <html>
      <head> </head>
      <body>
      {Customer_fullname} has signed up for our online Electronic C3 Submission service.
       The ticket number is {Ticket} and is valid until {Expire_date}. 
      </body>
      </html>
      %html%
      pm.html_message = evaluate_string(msg)
      email_send2(pm)
      Before I was using the Native tables and this what I used but I have switched to MYSQl Backend and I am not quite sure how to replicate this.

      Code:
      'Send emails to users upon registration, telling them their ticket number and expiration date of ticket
      
      tbl=table.open("[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\application.dbf")
      
      Ticket= alltrim(lookupc("F",alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.email.value),"Ticket_number","application","Email"))
      
      Expiration=lookupd("F", CurrentForm.Controls.email.value,"Expiration_date","application","Email")
      
      Customer_Name= alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.FirstName.value) 
      
      Customer_fullname=alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.FirstName.value)+" "+ alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.LastName.value)
      
      Received_date= convert_type(Received_date,"D")
      Expire_date= convert_type(Expiration,"D")
      
      tbl.close()
      
      pm.lrelated = .T.
      'pm.from = CurrentForm.Controls.From.value
      pm.from_alias = "Administrator Social Security Board"
      pm.to = CurrentForm.Controls.Email.value
      pm.bcc = ""
      pm.subject ="Registration Confirmation"
      pm.qq = <<%html%
      <html>
      <head> </head>
      <body>
      Thank you {Customer_Name} for signing up for our online Electronic C3 Submission service.
      Your ticket number is {Ticket} and you have four(4) Business days to visit the our Office to complete the registration Process.
      Your ticket is valid until {Expire_date}. Failure to visit our office within the specified date would result in you having to re-register for the service
      .Thanks for your Compliance 
      </body>
      </html>
      %html%
      pm.html_message = evaluate_string(pm.qq)
      email_send2(pm)
      
      
      
      'Send Email to myself to tell me when a new User has registered
      
      pm.to="[email protected]"
      pm.subject="A new user just registered"
      pm.qq = <<%html%
      <html>
      <head> </head>
      <body>
      {Customer_fullname} has signed up for our online Electronic C3 Submission service.
       The ticket number is {Ticket} and is valid until {Expire_date}. 
      </body>
      </html>
      %html%
      pm.html_message = evaluate_string(pm.qq)
      email_send2(pm)

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        #4
        Re: sql_lookup issues

        ticket=sql_lookup("::name::webportal","application","emailmysqlfield='"+Alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.email.value)+"'","ticket_number")

        http://wiki.alphasoftware.com/SQL_Lookup+Function
        Scott Moniz - Computer Programmer/Analyst
        REA Inc.
        http://reainc.net
        (416)-533-3777
        [email protected]

        REA INC offers consulting services, programming services, systems design, database design, third party payment gateway integration (CHASE, PAYPAL, AUTHORIZE.NET) and developer support.
        If you need custom code, or 1-to-1 mentoring in any facet of your database/web application design,
        contact us to discuss options.

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          #5
          Re: sql_lookup issues

          Thanks
          Its telling me that the ticket_number is 0 but when I check the table its not.

          Comment


            #6
            Re: sql_lookup issues

            I used the same sql_lookup for the Expiration date that you sent Scott and it worked . So I am not sure why it's returning a zero for the Ticket_number

            Comment


              #7
              Re: sql_lookup issues

              ticket=sql_lookup("::name::webportal","application","emailmysqlfield='"+Alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.email.value)+"'","ticket_number")

              1) Opens a connection to webportal
              2) checks the application table
              3) returns records where emailmysqlfield='[email protected]'
              4) returns the ticket number

              are there more than 1 application per email in the application table - that could be your issue - not sure.

              try it in interactive, get rid of the "ticket_number" and see what it returns by doing

              ?ticket
              Scott Moniz - Computer Programmer/Analyst
              REA Inc.
              http://reainc.net
              (416)-533-3777
              [email protected]

              REA INC offers consulting services, programming services, systems design, database design, third party payment gateway integration (CHASE, PAYPAL, AUTHORIZE.NET) and developer support.
              If you need custom code, or 1-to-1 mentoring in any facet of your database/web application design,
              contact us to discuss options.

              Comment


                #8
                Re: sql_lookup issues

                Thanks I will give it a try

                Comment


                  #9
                  Re: sql_lookup issues

                  Thanks again,I Got it working I had
                  Ticket= alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.ticket_number.value)as well in my dialog. this was an oversight. When I removed this it worked fine.

                  I have two concerns however. SQl Injection and the speed at which the Dialog is submitted. I am using active link tables. So for instance how can I convert the code below to write directly to my MYSQL table
                  Code:
                  Dim tbl as P
                      tbl = table.open("[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\application.dbf")
                      
                          tbl.enter_begin(.T.)
                          tbl.User_Fname= alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.FirstName.value) 
                          tbl.User_lname = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.LastName.value)
                          tbl.email = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.Email.value)
                          tbl.Email_confirmation = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.EmailConfirmation)
                          tbl.Reg_num = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.EmployerNumber.value)
                          tbl.Employer_name = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.EmployerName.value)
                          tbl.Trade_name = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.TradeName.value)
                          tbl.Employer_address = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.EmployerAddress.value)
                          tbl.Country= alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.Country.value)
                          tbl.Telephone = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.Landline.value)
                          tbl.cell = alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.Cell.value)
                          tbl.Received_date =convert_type(date(),"D")
                          'tbl.Ticket_status=alltrim(CurrentForm.Controls.ticket_status.value)
                          tbl.enter_end(.T.)
                          tbl.close()

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                    #10
                    Re: sql_lookup issues

                    dim conn as SQL::Connection
                    dim args as SQL::Arguments

                    'use conn.open, check if its successful

                    dim sql as C
                    sql="INSERT INTO (field1,field2,field3) VALUES (:value1, :value2, :value3)"

                    args.add("value1", 10)
                    args.add("value2", "scott")
                    args.add("value3", "available")

                    conn.execute(sql,args)

                    of course you need to do error checking on conn.execute and conn.open and other stuff
                    Scott Moniz - Computer Programmer/Analyst
                    REA Inc.
                    http://reainc.net
                    (416)-533-3777
                    [email protected]

                    REA INC offers consulting services, programming services, systems design, database design, third party payment gateway integration (CHASE, PAYPAL, AUTHORIZE.NET) and developer support.
                    If you need custom code, or 1-to-1 mentoring in any facet of your database/web application design,
                    contact us to discuss options.

                    Comment


                      #11
                      Re: sql_lookup issues

                      Ok Thanks I really appreciate it.I will give it a try.

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