[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <snip> > > (Why else is COUNT(VAR,@FM)+(VAR NE "") syntax so popular?) > <snip> > > Because there is a real difference between COUNT and DCOUNT. COUNT counts > the number of delimiters and DCOUNT counts the number of elements being > delimited. Sort of backwards but accurate. > > Thus A="mark" would have COUNT(A,@VM) have a value of 0 while DCOUNT(A,@VM) > would be 1. DCOUNT on null string returns 0. Nice. > > The addition of the +(VAR NE "") adds the needed '1' to whatever COUNT > produced.
You seem to have missed the point ... to quote a previous post of yours > REMOVE is not universally available on all MV platforms. DCOUNT is. Read my > earlier post. All I was asking was "why was the COUNT version popular if DCOUNT was available"? That's the point - it WASN'T available. Cheers, Wol ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
