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    Simple Loop Example

    I am writing my first xbasic loop. I've done a search and found some good samples, but more complex than what I am trying to achieve. I've written some vba loops, but nothing to complicated.

    I'm trying to loop through a table, looking for account numbers that match the account number in the current table, then compare a couple of dates, eventually finding a "match".

    If anyone could point in the right direction, as always, it would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks...John

    #2
    Re: Simple Loop Example

    Hi John,
    There are so many ways to do what you are suggesting that many times, I think, it just comes down to personal preference--unless something is needed to be sped up in a script.

    Here is one way that I scraped off the board sometime or another.

    Code:
    'WHILE ... END WHILE is a control structure that repeats the statements it contains 
    'while the Logical Expression evaluates to TRUE. Execution resumes at the line following the 
    'end while statement when the Logical Expression is FALSE or when the EXIT while 'statement is encountered.
    
    'Example
    
    'This script searches for a customer whose last name is 'Smith'.
    
    tbl = table.current()
    search_name = "Smith"
    tbl.fetch_first()
    
    while .not. tbl.fetch_eof()
    
        if (trim(tbl.last_name) = search_name) then
            goto NAME_FOUND
        end if
        tbl.fetch_next()
    end while
       ui_msg_box("Search", "Not Found.")
       end
    
      NAME_FOUND:
       ui_msg_box("Search", search_name + " has been found.")
    end
    It sure sounds like it may even be possible to just use a query to do as you want--more specifics and maybe more specific answers or possibilities will surface....
    Mike
    __________________________________________
    It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
    It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
    Henry David Thoreau
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      #3
      Re: Simple Loop Example

      John,

      From what you have said, I would seriously think about Mike's last point. I think that you are going down the wrong road in your thinking by not understanding the advantages of queries over creating loops. Loops take forever to go through if you have any quantity of records. Issue the query and then you are working with only the records that meet your criteria. This makes the rest of your code much easier.

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        #4
        Re: Simple Loop Example

        Thanks! I think you are both correct that a query would be the best option. What I'm confused about is .... after the query is run, how would I get the value I need from the query to a different table? Maybe this doesn't make sense.

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          #5
          Re: Simple Loop Example

          John,
          Are you after just one value? If so then, once found, you could set its value to a variable, open the table, and do what is needed....which is also unclear as to what you want to do once you have this value--a new record, update a value, use the value to query a different table...............

          Sorry to be so vague but not much to go on really.

          BTW--seems like I can connect about once every half hour or so and then only for a few minutes so until this messageboard problem is fixed it may be a while between responses!!
          Mike
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            #6
            Re: Simple Loop Example

            Originally posted by John Fringer View Post
            .... after the query is run, how would I get the value I need from the query to a different table?
            Making a bunch of assumptions:
            Code:
            tblc = table.current()
            vAccount_No = tblc.Account_No
            ''========================QUERY
            tbl = table.open("Accounts")
            query.description = ""
            query.order = ""        
            query.filter = "Account_No=vAccount_No .and. between(cdate(Date),'" + cdate(vDate1) + "','" + cdate(vDate2) + "')"
            query.options = ""    
            Q = tbl.query_create()
            ''************************No of records
            nrecs = Q.records_get()
            IF nrecs = 0
                Q.drop()
                tbl.close()
                ui_msg_box("Null Query","No records were found matching the criteria.",UI_INFORMATION_SYMBOL)
                END
            END IF
            ''========================FETCH 
            tbl.fetch_first()
            WHILE .not. tbl.fetch_eof()
                IF tbl.your_value = vYourValue
                    tbl2.open("other_table")
                    tbl2.enter_begin()
                    tbl2.somevalue = tbl.value_you_want_to_transfer
                    tbl2.enter_end(.t.)
                    tbl2.close()
                END IF
                
                statusbar.percent(i,nrecs)
                i = i + 1
                tbl.fetch_next()
            END WHILE
            tbl.close()
            END
            Peter
            AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

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


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              #7
              Re: Simple Loop Example

              Thank you so much Peter. You are a bit of a mind reader!
              I'm getting an error "Mission or Invalid Key Word" on the following line: tbl2.rate_per_kwh=tbl.c_rate


              tblc = table.current()
              vAccount_No = tblc.ACCT_NUMBER
              ''========================QUERY
              tbl = table.open("contracts")
              query.description = ""
              query.order = ""
              query.filter = "Account_Number=vAccount_No .and. between(cdate(date),'" + cdate(start_date) + "','" + cdate(end_date) + "')"
              query.options = ""
              Q = tbl.query_create()
              ''************************No of records
              nrecs = Q.records_get()
              IF nrecs = 0
              Q.drop()
              tbl.close()
              ui_msg_box("Null Query","No records were found matching the criteria.",UI_INFORMATION_SYMBOL)
              END
              END IF
              ''========================FETCH
              tbl.fetch_first()
              WHILE .not. tbl.fetch_eof()
              IF tbl.Acct_number = vaccount_no
              tbl2.open("invoice_alpha")
              tbl2.enter_begin()
              tbl2.rate_per_kwh=tbl.c_rate
              tbl2.enter_end(.t.)
              tbl2.close()
              END IF

              statusbar.percent(i,nrecs)
              i = i + 1
              tbl.fetch_next()
              END WHILE
              tbl.close()
              END__________________

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                #8
                Re: Simple Loop Example

                Originally posted by John Fringer View Post
                I'm getting an error "Mission or Invalid Key Word" on the following line: tbl2.rate_per_kwh=tbl.c_rate
                Are both field types the same - e.g. character or numeric? - and same size?
                Peter
                AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

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


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                  #9
                  Re: Simple Loop Example

                  ah ... thanks

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                    #10
                    Re: Simple Loop Example

                    The code runs, but it's not putting the value in tbl2. I'll keep investigating.

                    Thanks again...John

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                      #11
                      Re: Simple Loop Example

                      Check to make sure rate_per_kwh is not defined as a calculated field.
                      There can be only one.

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                        #12
                        Re: Simple Loop Example

                        Thank you so much Peter. You are a bit of a mind reader!
                        I'm getting an error "Mission or Invalid Key Word" on the following line:

                        tbl2.rate_per_kwh=tbl.c_rate


                        tblc = table.current()
                        Shouldn't it be tblc.rate or tblc.c_rate

                        Tom

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                          #13
                          Re: Simple Loop Example

                          Originally posted by Tom Henkel View Post
                          Shouldn't it be tblc.rate or tblc.c_rate

                          Tom
                          I think the tbl2.rate_per_kwh=tbl.c_rate is correct but difficult to be certain without further information. I am assuming that the contracts table has a field that stores each contract kw/h rate, and that field is c_rate.
                          tbl is the pointer for the contracts table so it should be okay.

                          However, I don't really understand what the loop is trying to achieve.

                          tbl.fetch_first()
                          WHILE .not. tbl.fetch_eof()
                          IF tbl.Acct_number = vaccount_no
                          tbl2.open("invoice_alpha")
                          tbl2.enter_begin()
                          tbl2.rate_per_kwh=tbl.c_rate
                          tbl2.enter_end(.t.)
                          tbl2.close()
                          END IF
                          It looks for a record in the contracts table where the acct_number=vaccount_no.
                          It then opens invoice_alpha table, creates a new record with just the rate_per_kwh field = tbl.c_rate.

                          I am not following the logic of what is being achieved and as I'm only just getting my head round using xbasic would like to know. Is the current table also "invoice_alpha" or are there three different tables. I have used similar scripts but its normally been to change a record rather than create a new one, especially when only one field is being entered without what appears to be a linking field. I know this is probably down to my lack of understanding but would appreciate more information, I am keen to learn from these threads and I haven't got Peter's mind reading skills:).

                          Thanks

                          Geoff

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                            #14
                            Re: Simple Loop Example

                            My bad. I was looking at tblc, and didn't see tbl.:o

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                              #15
                              Re: Simple Loop Example

                              also, unless something has changed, I think you need to change the filter

                              query.filter = "Account_Number=var->vAccount_No .and. between(cdate(date),'" + cdate(start_date) + "','" + cdate(end_date) + "')"

                              or

                              query.filter = "Account_Number=var->vAccount_No .and. between(date,var->start_date, var->end_date)"

                              or

                              query.filter = "Account_Number=var->vAccount_No .and. between(cdate(date),cdate(var->start_date), cdate(var->end_date))"
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