RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
Thank you. The 'word'... format is the answer to a question that had me banging my head yesterday. David Morelli, UIS/Datatel Team -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andre Meij Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:10 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] unibasic select woes Greg, Actually the following in saver: SELECT HRPER WITH EVAL OCONV(HRP.LAST.NAME,'MCU') LIKE 'SC'... (note the extra ' around the text) there are a few alphanumeric characters that are interpreted by SELECT and it will show you weird results when you are not expecting that. Regards, Andre -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: maandag 30 april 2007 11:12 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org; u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] unibasic select woes Dave, Wyatt Karen, Thank you so much for the tips! Works like a charm! Thanks again, Greg At 12:45 PM 5/30/2007, Dave Davis wrote: In ECLTYPE u SELECT HRPER WITH EVAL OCONV(HRP.LAST.NAME,'MCU') LIKE SC... If you are currently in ECLTYPE p, you can put the word SELECT in lowercase to evaluate using the u parser. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] unibasic select woes How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
In ECLTYPE u SELECT HRPER WITH EVAL OCONV(HRP.LAST.NAME,'MCU') LIKE SC... If you are currently in ECLTYPE p, you can put the word SELECT in lowercase to evaluate using the u parser. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] unibasic select woes How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
Create a new dictionary item with conversion code 'MCU' pointing at the same attribute#. Use that dictionary item in your select. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] unibasic select woes How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] unibasic select woes
Create an I-Type pointing to the text field that converts all the text to upper case and use it in the select I-Type: UP.HRP.LAST.NAME 001: I 002: OCONV(HRP.LAST.NAME,'MCU') 003: 004: LAST NAME 005: 25L 006: S Greg Schraiber wrote: How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ -- Jeff Schasny - Denver, Co, USA jschasnyATgmailDOTcom --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
Try: SELECT HRPER WITH EVAL UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] unibasic select woes How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
Thanks Karen! Is there really no other way? Seems odd that you can't use functions in the select statement. Greg At 12:42 PM 5/30/2007, Karen Bessel wrote: Create a new dictionary item with conversion code 'MCU' pointing at the same attribute#. Use that dictionary item in your select. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] unibasic select woes How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] unibasic select woes
Hi Greg, Create a dictionary item named, for example, U.HRP.LAST.NAME, and defined as 001: I 002: UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) Fields 3 onwards as for HRP.LAST.NAME Then do SELECT HRPER WITH U.HRP.LAST.NAME LIKE 'SC...' Alternatively, do SELECT HRPER WITH EVAL UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' Martin Phillips, Ladybridge Systems Ltd --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] unibasic select woes
Greg Schraiber wrote: How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? One solution is to add another dictionary item and uppercase it through the conversion field of the dictionary item. One of the great strengths (and weaknesses) of U2 is that you can have multiple dictionary items defining the same data field. Which sometimes makes it difficult to figure out what the data is supposed to look like, but if organized properly lends itself to selecting and reporting. -- Allen Egerton aegerton at pobox dot com --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
Dave, Wyatt Karen, Thank you so much for the tips! Works like a charm! Thanks again, Greg At 12:45 PM 5/30/2007, Dave Davis wrote: In ECLTYPE u SELECT HRPER WITH EVAL OCONV(HRP.LAST.NAME,'MCU') LIKE SC... If you are currently in ECLTYPE p, you can put the word SELECT in lowercase to evaluate using the u parser. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] unibasic select woes How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
The EVAL function that someone else mentioned also should work. I've never used it personally so I forgot about that. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:52 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org; u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] unibasic select woes Thanks Karen! Is there really no other way? Seems odd that you can't use functions in the select statement. Greg At 12:42 PM 5/30/2007, Karen Bessel wrote: Create a new dictionary item with conversion code 'MCU' pointing at the same attribute#. Use that dictionary item in your select. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] unibasic select woes How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
Create a new dictionary item like the following: ED DICT HRPER UPC.HRP.LAST.NAME 001: V 002: OCONV(HRP.LAST.NAME, MCU) 003: 004: 005: 10L 006: S SELECT HRPER WITH UPC.HRP.LAST.NAME LIKE 'SC...' Bruce W. McAdoo Wagner Brown, Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] unibasic select woes How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
SELECT HRPER WITH HRP.LAST.NAME CONV MCU LIKE 'SC...' Should work. -Original Message- How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' ** This email message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of addressed recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to this e-mail to notify the sender of its incorrect delivery and then delete it and your reply. It is your responsibility to check this email and any attachments for viruses and defects before opening or sending them on. Spotless collects information about you to provide and market our services. For information about use, disclosure and access, see our privacy policy at http://www.spotless.com.au Please consider our environment before printing this email. ** --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] unibasic select woes
Greg, Actually the following in saver: SELECT HRPER WITH EVAL OCONV(HRP.LAST.NAME,'MCU') LIKE 'SC'... (note the extra ' around the text) there are a few alphanumeric characters that are interpreted by SELECT and it will show you weird results when you are not expecting that. Regards, Andre -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: maandag 30 april 2007 11:12 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org; u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] unibasic select woes Dave, Wyatt Karen, Thank you so much for the tips! Works like a charm! Thanks again, Greg At 12:45 PM 5/30/2007, Dave Davis wrote: In ECLTYPE u SELECT HRPER WITH EVAL OCONV(HRP.LAST.NAME,'MCU') LIKE SC... If you are currently in ECLTYPE p, you can put the word SELECT in lowercase to evaluate using the u parser. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Schraiber Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:28 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] unibasic select woes How does one select alpha-numeric data from a unidata datafile using SELECT when the case of the text is not known? I have tried things like: SELECT HRPER WITH UPCASE(HRP.LAST.NAME) LIKE 'SC...' but all I get is a syntax error. Can someone tell me which function(s) can be used to facilitate this type of search? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Greg --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
