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    trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

    I'm trying to append rows to a table adding only non-duplicates. I'm doing this by using field1 as a linking field in the transaction and the master and filtering rows of the master by the key associated with the current set of records I want to update. I keep getting an error says that I'm referencing a non-existent field. The xbasic generated looks like this
    where Project_id is a field in the target table ?? The expression was created with the expression builder...

    a_tbl = table.current()
    append.t_db = "e:\users\bill.standke\my documents\alpha five v11\rpd.dbf"
    append.m_key = "SUBJECT_AREA"
    append.t_key = "SUBJECT_AREA"
    append.m_filter = "Project_Id=var->gbProjectID "
    append.t_filter = ""
    append.type = "Unique, replace existing"
    append.m_count = 3
    append.m_case1 = "EITHER"
    append.m_field1 = "SUBJECT_AREA"
    append.m_exp1 = "@RPD->SUBJECT_AREA"
    append.m_case2 = "EITHER"
    append.m_field2 = "PROJECT_ID"
    append.m_exp2 = "Var->gbProjectID"
    append.m_case3 = "EITHER"
    append.m_field3 = "TIMECREATED"
    append.m_exp3 = "Var->gbTimeStamp"
    append.t_count = 0
    a_tbl.append()

    #2
    Re: trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

    i have same problem using v11
    capture-20150815-223446.png

    pls. help ^_^

    this method is working in my v8
    Last edited by nehru; 08-15-2015, 10:35 AM.
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      #3
      Re: trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

      Originally posted by nehru View Post
      i have same problem using v11
      [ATTACH=CONFIG]40875[/ATTACH]

      pls. help ^_^

      this method is working in my v8
      Please show where and when the variable is dimmed.

      Any other code would be good too.
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        #4
        Re: trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

        The proper syntax is
        append.m_filter = "Project_Id= " + s_quote(var->gbProjectID)
        Where the variable is character or numerical and the variable is of sufficient scope for the code to see it.

        As shown originally it should work if the variable is dimmed as global and numerical but best practice is to "expose" the variable by moving it out of the quotation marks.
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          Re: trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

          capture-20150816-140649.png

          created in the operations tab
          the variable vORDNUM is set to GLOBAL in a button before the append operation
          ive try STAN's advice but no luck

          it was running in v8 but not in v11

          ty for helping ^_^

          default xbasic code for append


          DIM Append as P

          a_tbl = table.open("orders det")
          append.t_db = "lnkpas_sms_orders_copy"
          ON ERROR GOTO ERROR16082015162011335


          append.m_key = "alltrim(Order_No)+alltrim(Item_Code)"
          append.t_key = "alltrim(Loc_Code)+alltrim(Item_Code)"
          append.m_filter = "Order_No = Var->vORDNUM"
          append.t_filter = ""
          append.type = "Unique, replace existing"
          append.m_count = 10
          append.m_case1 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field1 = "ITEM_CODE"
          append.m_exp1 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->Item_Code1"
          append.m_case2 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field2 = "ITEM"
          append.m_exp2 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->ITEM"
          append.m_case3 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field3 = "UNIT_CODE"
          append.m_exp3 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->UNIT_CODE"
          append.m_case4 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field4 = "UNIT"
          append.m_exp4 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->UNIT"
          append.m_case5 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field5 = "DISPLAY"
          append.m_exp5 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->DISPLAY"
          append.m_case6 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field6 = "COST"
          append.m_exp6 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->COST"
          append.m_case7 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field7 = "SELLING"
          append.m_exp7 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->SELLING"
          append.m_case8 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field8 = "COMPANY_CODE"
          append.m_exp8 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->COMPANY_CODE"
          append.m_case9 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field9 = "DATETIME_ENTRY"
          append.m_exp9 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->DATETIME_ENTRY"
          append.m_case10 = "EITHER"
          append.m_field10 = "Order_No"
          append.m_exp10 = "@LNKPAS_SMS_ORDERS_COPY->Loc_Code"
          append.t_count = 0

          a_tbl.append()


          GOTO CONTINUE16082015162011335
          ERROR16082015162011335:
          ON ERROR GOTO 0
          ui_msg_box("Error","Error running Append Operation"+crlf()+error_text_get())
          END
          CONTINUE16082015162011335:
          a_tbl.close()
          'If the Operation is run from within a Form or Browse, then refresh the window
          if is_object(topparent.this) then
          if topparent.Class() = "form" .or. topparent.class() = "browse" then
          topparent.Refresh_layout()
          end if
          end if
          Last edited by nehru; 08-16-2015, 05:54 AM.
          "Knowledge without application is useless."

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            #6
            Re: trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

            Originally posted by nehru View Post
            ive try STAN's advice but no luck
            Did you try Stan's code in the operation builder or as an xbasic script?

            Stan's option is for an xbasic script. It will work there.
            Al Buchholz
            Bookwood Systems, LTD
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            Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
            Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
            When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
            "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
            Albert Einstein

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              #7
              Re: trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

              ppend.m_key = "alltrim(Order_No)+alltrim(Item_Code)"
              append.t_key = "alltrim(Loc_Code)+alltrim(Item_Code)"
              append.m_filter = "Order_No = Var->vORDNUM"
              tell us the data types stored in "Order_No", "Item_Code", "Loc_Code", "Item_Code", and "vOrdnum". Your code suggests that the first four fields are "CHARACTER" data, but the way you've written the last line vORDNUM is numeric. Is that what you intend?

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                #8
                Re: trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

                Bill,

                I have been thinking about your question, and have decided I don't understand your goal. If you succeed in applying a filter to the master table and then append "unique, replace existing" you may be creating lots of duplicates in the master table. When the operation tries to identify whether a transaction record is unique, its "view" of the master table should NOT be limited by a filter. Otherwise, transaction records that don't match the filtered view of any records in the master will be appended, right? Some or all of those may duplicate OTHER records in the master, lying outside the range of your filter.

                I'd argue a more typical approach would filter records in the transaction table, not the master.

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                  #9
                  Re: trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

                  tnx for the help guys

                  my main goal is to append the transaction table to the master table (filtered) <unique, replace existing>
                  this is working on A5V8 using default operation append

                  first i will try all your advice then i'll post the result

                  more power to all of us ^_^

                  the Var->ORDNUM is character (10)
                  capture-20150816-140649.pngcapture-20150817-161801.pngcapture-20150817-161830.png
                  Last edited by nehru; 08-17-2015, 04:54 AM.
                  "Knowledge without application is useless."

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                    #10
                    Re: trouble with global field reference in filter of append opperation

                    TOM CONE JR is correct ^_^

                    i've create a field ORDER_NO in the transaction table
                    IT WORKS!

                    in my obervation, when filtering the master table with a field1 and a global variable; the field1 must be also exist in the transaction table
                    the message error we discuss above is for the transaction table not in the master (funny) hmm but i place it in under the master filter not in the transaction filter

                    anyway problem is solve

                    tnx to the effort guys
                    tnx for the help
                    "Knowledge without application is useless."

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