If memory serves me correctly, you also use an in-line FMT or OCONV if you don't have write permissions on the DICT of the file.
BobW > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Bennett > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:41 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] uv pe > > John, > > I want to do). The best answer I got was create a virtual field that > > stored the field in caps and then use that in the select. In fact, the > > example in an old Unidata manual I found says to do just that. Perhaps > > there is good reasoning behind that method, but the logic of it > > completely escapes me. > when you create a dictionary entry like this, the data is not stored but > generated at run time. In UV (I don't know about UD) you can also use > the EVAL statement in a SELECT which does this kind of thing at runtime > eg: > > SELECT MYFILE WITH EVAL "UPCASE(@ID)" LIKE "...HELLO..." > > Works on UniVerse. > > Have a look at HELP EVAL from TCL. > > > Craig > ------- > 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/
