can't display table in multiple textbox - visual-foxpro

I must go through the records of a table and display them in multiple textboxes
I am using the table with four different alias to have four workareas on the same table and have four record pointers.
USE Customers ALIAS customers1
USE customers AGAIN ALIAS customers2
USE customers AGAIN ALIAS customers3
USE customers AGAIN ALIAS customers4
Thisform.TxtNomCli.ControlSource = "customers.name"
Thisform.TxtIdent.ControlSource = "customers.identify"
Thisform.TxtAddress.ControlSource = "customers.address"
Thisform.TxtTele.ControlSource = "customers.phone"
Thisform.TxtNomCli2.ControlSource = "customers2.name"
Thisform.TxtIdent2.ControlSource = "customers2.identify"
Thisform.TxtDirec2.ControlSource = "customers2.address"
Thisform.TxtTele2.ControlSource = "customers2.phone"
Thisform.TxtNomCli3.ControlSource = "customers3.name"
Thisform.TxtIdent3.ControlSource = "customers3.identify"
Thisform.TxtDirec3.ControlSource = "customers3.address"
Thisform.TxtTele3.ControlSource = "customers3.phone"
Thisform.TxtNomCli4.ControlSource = "customers4.name"
Thisform.TxtIdent4.ControlSource = "customers4.identify"
Thisform.TxtDirec4.ControlSource = "customers4.address"
Thisform.TxtTele4.ControlSource = "customers4.phone"
how to go through the records of the table, that in customers is in the first record, customers2 in the second record, customers3 in the third record and customers4 in the fourth record of the table?
How do I make each row of the textbox show the corresponding row of the table?

I would SQL Select id + whatever other fields you need into four cursors:
select id, identifica, nombre, direccion, telefono from customers ;
into cursor customers1 nofilter readwrite
select id, identifica, nombre, direccion, telefono from customers;
into cursor customers2 nofilter readwrite
* repeat for 3 and 4
Then set your ControlSources() to the cursors, not the base table. If you need to update records you can use the id of the modified record in the cursor to update the correct record in the base table.

You could simply use SET RELATION to achieve what you want. However, in your current code you are not really using 4 aliases. You are reopening the same table with a different alias in the same workarea and you would end up with a single table with alias Customers4. To do that correctly, you need to add "IN 0" clause to your USE commands. ie:
USE customers ALIAS customers1
USE customers IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS customers2
USE customers IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS customers3
USE customers IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS customers4
SELECT customers1
SET RELATION TO ;
RECNO()+1 INTO Customers2, ;
RECNO()+2 INTO Customers3, ;
RECNO()+3 INTO Customers4 IN Customers1
With this setup, as you move the pointer in Customers1 it would move in all other 3 aliases accordingly (note that there is no order set).
Having said these, now you should think why you need to do this? Maybe having another control like a grid is the way to go? Or using an array might be a better way to control this? ie: With an array:
USE (_samples+'data\customer') ALIAS customers
LOCAL ARRAY laCustomers[4]
LOCAL ix
FOR ix=1 TO 4
GO m.ix
SCATTER NAME laCustomers[m.ix]
ENDFOR
? laCustomers[1].Cust_id, laCustomers[2].Cust_id, laCustomers[3].Cust_id, laCustomers[4].Cust_id
With this approach, you could set your controlsources to be laCustomers[1].Identify, laCustomers[1].name and so on. While saving back to data, you would go to related record and do a GATHER. That would be all.
First you need to think about what you really want to do.

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How to update a column based on count of another column from another table using any condition in visual foxpro?

SET STEP ON
Close Databases
Cd e:\ksv\Data
Use ohd IN 0 shared
Use cus IN 0 shared
SELECT * FROM cus inTO TABLE tempcus
ALTER table tempcus ADD COLUMN totalsold int
UPDATE tempcus SET totalsold=RECCOUNT(ohd.status='5') WHERE tempcus.customer=ohd.customer
SELECT * FROM tempcus INTO CURSOR cur
BROWSE
I have tried the above code and i am getting an error saying invalid table number , can someone help me with this.
RECCOUNT() function only gives you a record count for a workarea# or alias, e.g. RECCOUNT("ohd") will give total record count of ohd table.
You want something like:
SELECT COUNT(*) totalsold,cus.customer FROM cus JOIN ohd ON cus.customer=ohd.customer WHERE ohd.cstatus='5' INTO CURSOR cur GROUP BY cus.customer
BROWSE
In VFP, there is a REPLACE command which allows you to replace one or more fields based on whatever values, even if variable results from other queries... or fixed values. Ex: This works on whatever table is the current selected work area and whatever row it is on, unless you apply a scope clause (for condition).
Sample only for context of REPLACE command
use SomeOtherTable in 0 shared
select SomeOtherTable
replace SomeNumberField with 1.234, SomeStringField with 'Hello', etc...
or with condition (bogus, just to show you can apply to multiple rows.
replace SomeNumberField with SomeNumberField * 3 for StatusField = 'X'
Now, back to your original content. It appears you are trying to get a result temporary table with a total number of records from the OHD table where the status = 5. VFP allows you to run SQL-Select into temporary read-write "cursor" tables, that when closed will delete themselves, yet allows them to be modified (such as browse, or other direct manipulation such as with REPLACE command).
You can get the counts you are looking for with a left-join to a query result set. To help you see the pieces individually, I will do in steps so you can follow, then join into one final.
First, you want a count of all records in the OHD table with status = 5 per customer... the "o" and "c" are ALIAS references in the SQL queries below
SET STEP ON
Close Databases
Cd e:\ksv\Data
Use ohd IN 0 shared
Use cus IN 0 shared
select ;
o.customer, ;
count(*) NumberOfRecords ;
from ;
OHD o ;
where ;
o.status = '5' ;
group by ;
o.customer ;
into ;
cursor C_JustCountsPerCustomer READWRITE
The "into cursor" part above will create a workable table and give it the name of "C_JustCountsPerCustomer". I have always tried to use "C_" as a prefix to the table name for the sole purpose to know it is a temporary "CURSOR" result and not a real final table, but that is just my historical naming convention applied.
Now, if you did a browse of this result, you would see each customer's ID and how many with status = '5'. The resulting table "cursor" is like any other table opened and you could index as you need and browse, etc. But this only will give records that HAD status of '5'. But you could have more customers that never had a '5' status record.
Now, getting all your customers and their respective counts into one result table "cursor". I can take the above query and use within a SQL-Select via a LEFT-JOIN meaning, give me everything from the first table (left-side), regardless of a matching record found in the second table (right-side). But if there is a match to the right side, give me those values too.
select ;
c.*, ;
NVL( C_tmpResult.NumberOfRecords, 0000 ) as NumberOfRecords ;
from;
CUS c ;
LEFT JOIN ;
(select ;
o.customer, ;
count(*) NumberOfRecords ;
from ;
OHD o ;
where ;
o.status = '5' ;
group by ;
o.customer ) C_tmpResult ;
ON ;
c.customer = C_tmpResult.customer ;
into ;
cursor C_CusWithCounts readwrite
So, you can see the left-join uses the first query to get the counts, but the primary part of the query gets records from the customer table (alias "c") and is joined on the common customer id column. The "NVL()" states if there IS a value in the C_tmpResult table for the given customer, grab that. If not, assume a count of 0. Yes, I explicitly have 0000 to force a minimum final width to 4 digits in the result in case the first customer does not have any and it make the column only 1 digit wide.
Anyhow, at the end, you would have your result temporary table (cursor) with the customer information AND the count I think you are looking for. You should be able to do a browse and good to go.

Can I use FOR ALL ENTRIES with GROUP BY?

Currently the code looks something like this:
LOOP AT lt_orders ASSIGNING <fs_order>.
SELECT COUNT(*) AS cnt
FROM order_items
INTO <fs_order>-cnt
WHERE order_id = <fs_order>-order_id.
ENDLOOP.
It is the slowest part of the report. I want to speed it up.
How can I use FOR ALL ENTRIES with GROUP BY?
Check the documentation. You can't use GROUP BY. Maybe in this case, you could try selecting your items with FAE outside of the loop, then count them using a parallel cursor:
REPORT.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_result,
vbeln TYPE vbeln,
cnt TYPE i.
TYPES: END OF ty_result.
DATA: lt_headers TYPE SORTED TABLE OF ty_result WITH UNIQUE KEY vbeln,
lv_tabix TYPE sy-tabix VALUE 1.
"get the headers
SELECT vbeln FROM vbak UP TO 100 ROWS INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE lt_headers.
"get corresponding items
SELECT vbeln, posnr FROM vbap FOR ALL ENTRIES IN #lt_headers
WHERE vbeln EQ #lt_headers-vbeln
ORDER BY vbeln, posnr
INTO TABLE #DATA(lt_items).
LOOP AT lt_headers ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<h>).
LOOP AT lt_items FROM lv_tabix ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<i>).
IF <i>-vbeln NE <h>-vbeln.
lv_tabix = sy-tabix.
EXIT.
ELSE.
<h>-cnt = <h>-cnt + 1.
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
ENDLOOP.
BREAK-POINT.
Or join header/item with a distinct count on the item id (whichever column that would be in your table).
You should be able to do something like
SELECT COUNT(order_item_id) AS cnt, order_id
FROM order_items
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE lt_count
GROUP BY order_id.
Assuming that order_item_id is a key in the order_items table. And assuming that lt_count has two fields: cnt of type int8 and order_id of same type as your other order_id fields
PS: then you can loop over lt_count and move the counts to lt_orders. Or the other way around. To speed up the loop, sort one of the tables and use READ ... BINARY SEARCH
I did with table KNB1 (customer master in company code), where we have customers, which are created in several company codes.
Please note, because of FOR ALL ENTRIES you have to SELECT the full key.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_knb1,
kunnr TYPE knb1-kunnr,
count TYPE i,
END OF ty_knb1.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_knb1_fae,
kunnr TYPE knb1-kunnr,
END OF ty_knb1_fae.
DATA: lt_knb1_fae TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_knb1_fae.
DATA: lt_knb1 TYPE HASHED TABLE OF ty_knb1
WITH UNIQUE KEY kunnr.
DATA: ls_knb1 TYPE ty_knb1.
DATA: ls_knb1_db TYPE knb1.
START-OF-SELECTION.
lt_knb1_fae = VALUE #( ( kunnr = ... ) ). "add at least one customer which is created in several company codes
ls_knb1-count = 1.
SELECT kunnr bukrs
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF ls_knb1_db
FROM knb1
FOR ALL ENTRIES IN lt_knb1_fae
WHERE kunnr EQ lt_knb1_fae-kunnr.
ls_knb1-kunnr = ls_knb1_db-kunnr.
COLLECT ls_knb1 INTO lt_knb1.
ENDSELECT.
Create a range table for your lt_orders, like lt_orders_range.
Do select order_id, count( * ) where order_id in lt_orders_range.
If you think this is too much to create a range table, you will save a lot of performance by running just one select for all orders instead of single select for each order id.
Not directly, only through a CDS view
While all of the answers provide a faster solution than the one in the question, the fastest way is not mentioned.
If you have at least Netweaver 7.4, EHP 5 (and you should, it was released in 2014), you can use CDS views, even if you are not on HANA.
It still cannot be done directly, as OpenSQL does not allow FOR ALL ENTRIES with GROUP BY, and CDS views cannot handle FOR ALL ENTRIES. However, you can create one of each.
CDS:
#AbapCatalog.sqlViewName: 'zorder_i_fae'
DEFINE VIEW zorder_items_fae AS SELECT FROM order_items {
order_id,
count( * ) AS cnt,
}
GROUP BY order_id
OpenSQL:
SELECT *
FROM zorder_items_fae
INTO TABLE #DATA(lt_order_cnt)
FOR ALL ENTRIES IN #lt_orders
WHERE order_id = #lt_orders-order_id.
Speed
If lt_orders contains more than about 30% of all possible order_id values from table ORDER_ITEMS, the answer from iPirat is faster. (While using more memory, obviously)
However, if you need only a couple hunderd order_id values out of millions, this solution is about 10 times faster than any other answer, and 100 times faster than the original.

Reorder to some items and changing primary key

I've a table MENU_ITEMS with a column SEQ to define the position at which each item should be displayed in a menu. Simplified for the sake of this question, something like...
MENU_ITEMS:
ITEM_CODE PARENT_CODE SEQ* (*unique to parent)
------------------------------
BANANAS FRUIT 1
APPLES FRUIT 2
CHERRIES FRUIT 4
DURIANS FRUIT 3
POTATOES VEG 1
I've a procedure to re-order the items. One of its parameters is a string array containing the ITEM_CODEs in the new order. As it stands, something like this...
procedure arrange_items(
ITEM_CODES in CORE.T_STRINGARRAY,
PARENT in VARCHAR2
)
as
V_SEQS T_NUMBERARRAY := T_NUMBERARRAY();
begin
for i in 1..ITEM_CODES.count loop
V_SEQS.extend();
V_SEQS(i) := i;
end loop
forall i in 1..ITEM_CODES.count
update MENU_ITEMS
set SEQ = V_SEQS(i)
where ITEM_CODE = ITEM_CODES(i) and PARENT_CODE = PARENT;
end arrange_items
PROBLEM
When calling the procedure with ITEM_CODES = ("APPLES", "BANANAS", "CHERRIES"), I get a 'unique constraint violated' exception (...presumably because the first item's SEQ can't be set to 1 while there exists another row whose SEQ is also 1)
I don't know how to handle items that weren't specified in the ITEM_CODES parameter, whose sequence is irrelevant (being disabled menu items and never displayed.) NB: Only the items to be re-arranged can be included in the ITEM_CODES array parameter; disabled items not requiring re-arranging can't be passed in.
Reading the Oracle docs seems to suggest a BULK COLLECT/UPDATE is needed to change all the records in one hit without violating the unique constraint (I had thought FORALL instead of FOR LOOP might do this) but I have extremely limited SQL knowledge and can't get the application right, nor can I see a way of taking into account the unspecified ITEM_CODES whose sequence might need changing just to avoid conflicting with the codes that were specified.
Is anyone able to suggest at least the correct approach I should investigate, if not a working solution?
You can't do it without changing your procedure unless you disable the constraints.
There seems to be nothing wrong with your code although you could have used simple update statements than FORALL. The problem is that when you are updating the column seq , a unique entry already exists for the same parent_code and seq . It is only that you are reordering it while running your update statement. So , the constraint will be violated no matter how you change the order of update.
So, the solution I recommend you is to disable the constraint.If you don't know the constraint name, you need to look at USER_CONS_COLUMNS or ALL_CONS_COLUMNS data dictionary view giving proper column names.Refer this link if you need.
Constraint name
ALTER TABLE MENU_ITEMS DISABLE CONSTRAINT name_of_unique_constraint;
Then execute your procedure and make sure you don't have any duplicate (SEQ,PARENT_CODE )combination after update.
Then enable constraints.
ALTER TABLE MENU_ITEMS ENABLE CONSTRAINT name_of_unique_constraint;
and make sure it does not fail.
EDIT: : It seems the word "can't" I used at the top was taken as a challenge by others and alternate solutions were provided, which is much appreciated. I have slightly changed my first sentence to make it clear.
You can't do this directly with FORALL Agreed with Kaushik: disable the constraint.
solution without Disabling the constraint: add Max(SEQ) +1 to every row, then do your thing:
create or replace procedure arrange_items(
ITEM_CODES in T_STRINGARRAY,
PARENT in VARCHAR2
) as
V_SEQS T_NUMBERARRAY := T_NUMBERARRAY();
i pls_integer;
mx number;
begin
-- calculat max:
select max(seq) into mx from MENU_ITEMS;
-- Add max(SEQ)
update MENU_ITEMS
set SEQ = SEQ + mx+1
where PARENT_CODE = PARENT;
-- then your stuff works
for i in 1..ITEM_CODES.count loop
V_SEQS.extend();
V_SEQS(i) := i;
end loop;
forall i in 1..ITEM_CODES.count
update MENU_ITEMS
set SEQ = V_SEQS(i)
where ITEM_CODE = ITEM_CODES(i) and PARENT_CODE = PARENT;
end arrange_items;
/

Selecting data from one table or another in multiple queries PL/SQL

The easiest way to ask my question is with a Hypothetical Scenario.
Lets say we have 3 tables. Singapore_Prices, Produce_val, and Bosses_unreasonable_demands.
So Prices is a pretty simple table. Item column containing a name, and a Price column containing a number.
Produce_Val is also simple 2 column table. Type column containing what type the produce is (Fruit or veggie) and then Name column (Tomato, pineapple, etc.)
The Bosses_unreasonable_demands only contains one column, Fruit, which CAN contain the names of some fruits.
OK? Ok.
SO, My boss wants me to write a query that returns the prices for every fruit in his unreasonable demands table. Simple enough. BUT, if he doesn't have any entries in his table, he just wants me to output the prices of ALL fruits that exist in produce_val.
Now, assuming I don't know where the DBA who designed this silly hypothetical system lives (and therefore can't get him to fix this), our query would look like this:
if <Logic to determine if Bosses demands are empty>
Then
select Item, Price
from Singapore_Prices
where Item in (select Fruit from Bosses_Unreasonable_demands)
Else
select Item, Price
from Singapore_Prices
where Item in (select Name from Produce_val where type = 'Fruit')
end if;
(Well, we'd select those into a variable, and then output the variable, probably with bulk-collect shenanigans, but that's not important)
Which works. It is entirely functional, and won't be slow, even if we extend it out to 2000 other stores other than Singapore. (Well, no slower than anything else that touches 2000 some tables) BUT, I'm still doing two different select statements that are practically identical. My Comp Sci teacher rolls in their grave every time my fingers hit ctrl-V. I can cut this code in half and only do one select statement. I KNOW I can.
I just have no earthly idea how. I can't use cursors as an in statement, I can't use nested tables or varrays, I can't use cleverly crafted strings, I... I just... I don't know. I don't know how to do this. Is there a way? Does it exist?
Or do I have to copy/paste forever?
Your best bet would be dynamic SQL, because you can't parameterize table or column names.
You will have a SQL query template, have a logic to determine tables and columns that you want to query, then blend them together and execute.
Another aproach, (still a lot of ctrl-v like code) is to use set construction UNION ALL:
select 1st query where boss_condition
union all
select 2nd query where not boss_condition
Try this:
SELECT *
FROM (SELECT s.*, 'BOSS' AS FRUIT_SOURCE
FROM BOSSES_UNREASONABLE_DEMANDS b
INNER JOIN SINGAPORE_FRUIT_LIST s
ON s.ITEM = b.FRUIT
CROSS JOIN (SELECT COUNT(*) AS BOSS_COUNT
FROM BOSSES_UNREASONABLE_DEMANDS)) x
UNION ALL
(SELECT s.*, 'NORMAL' AS FRUIT_SOURCE
FROM PRODUCE_VAL p
INNER JOIN SINGAPORE_FRUIT_LIST s
ON (s.ITEM = p.NAME AND
s.TYPE = 'Fruit')
CROSS JOIN (SELECT COUNT(*) AS BOSS_COUNT
FROM BOSSES_UNREASONABLE_DEMANDS)) n
WHERE (BOSS_COUNT > 0 AND FRUIT_SOURCE = 'BOSS') OR
(BOSS_COUNT = 0 AND FRUIT_SOURCE = 'NORMAL')
Share and enjoy.
I think you can use nested tables. Assume you have a schema-level nested table type FRUIT_NAME_LIST (defined using CREATE TYPE).
SELECT fruit
BULK COLLECT INTO my_fruit_name_list
FROM bosses_unreasonable_demands
;
IF my_fruit_name_list.count = 0 THEN
SELECT name
BULK COLLECT INTO my_fruit_name_list
FROM produce_val
WHERE type='Fruit'
;
END IF;
SELECT item, price
FROM singapore_prices
WHERE item MEMBER OF my_fruit_name_list
;
(or, WHERE item IN (SELECT column_value FROM TABLE(CAST(my_fruit_name_list AS fruit_name_list)) if you like that better)

How to? Correct sql syntax for finding the next available identifier

I think I could use some help here from more experienced users...
I have an integer field name in a table, let's call it SO_ID in a table SO, and to each new row I need to calculate a new SO_ID based on the following rules
1) SO_ID consists of 6 letters where first 3 are an area code, and the last three is the sequenced number within this area.
309001
309002
309003
2) so the next new row will have a SO_ID of value
309004
3) if someone deletes the row with SO_ID value = 309002, then the next new row must recycle this value, so the next new row has got to have the SO_ID of value
309002
can anyone please provide me with either a SQL function or PL/SQL (perhaps a trigger straightaway?) function that would return the next available SO_ID I need to use ?
I reckon I could get use of keyword rownum in my sql, but the follwoing just doens't work properly
select max(so_id),max(rownum) from(
select (so_id),rownum,cast(substr(cast(so_id as varchar(6)),4,3) as int) from SO
where length(so_id)=6
and substr(cast(so_id as varchar(6)),1,3)='309'
and cast(substr(cast(so_id as varchar(6)),4,3) as int)=rownum
order by so_id
);
thank you for all your help!
This kind of logic is fraught with peril. What if two sessions calculate the same "next" value, or both try to reuse the same "deleted" value? Since your column is an integer, you'd probably be better off querying "between 309001 and 309999", but that begs the question of what happens when you hit the thousandth item in area 309?
Is it possible to make SO_ID a foreign key to another table as well as a unique key? You could pre-populate the parent table with all valid IDs (or use a function to generate them as needed), and then it would be a simple matter to select the lowest one where a child record doesn't exist.
well, we came up with this... sort of works.. concurrency is 'solved' via unique constraint
select min(lastnumber)
from
(
select so_id,so_id-LAG(so_id, 1, so_id) OVER (ORDER BY so_id) AS diff,LAG(so_id, 1, so_id) OVER (ORDER BY so_id)as lastnumber
from so_miso
where substr(cast(so_id as varchar(6)),1,3)='309'
and length(so_id)=6
order by so_id
)a
where diff>1;
Do you really need to compute & store this value at the time a row is inserted? You would normally be better off storing the area code and a date in a table and computing the SO_ID in a view, i.e.
SELECT area_code ||
LPAD( DENSE_RANK() OVER( PARTITION BY area_code
ORDER BY date_column ),
3,
'0' ) AS so_id,
<<other columns>>
FROM your_table
or having a process that runs periodically (nightly, for example) to assign the SO_ID using similar logic.
If your application is not pure sql, you could do this in application code (ie: Java code). This would be more straightforward.
If you are recycling numbers when rows are deleted, your base table must be consulted when generating the next number. "Legacy" pre-relational schemes that attempt to encode information in numbers are a pain to make airtight when numbers must be recycled after deletes, as you say yours must.
If you want to avoid having to scan your table looking for gaps, an after-delete routine must write the deleted number to a separate table in a "ReuseMe" column. The insert routine does this:
begins trans
selects next-number table for update
uses a reuseme number if available else uses the next number
clears the reuseme number if applicable or increments the next-number in the next-number table
commits trans
Ignoring the issues about concurrency, the following should give a decent start.
If 'traffic' on the table is low enough, go with locking the table in exclusive mode for the duration of the transaction.
create table blah (soc_id number(6));
insert into blah select 309000 + rownum from user_tables;
delete from blah where soc_id = 309003;
commit;
create or replace function get_next (i_soc in number) return number is
v_min number := i_soc* 1000;
v_max number := v_min + 999;
begin
lock table blah in exclusive mode;
select min(rn) into v_min
from
(select rownum rn from dual connect by level <= 999
minus
select to_number(substr(soc_id,4))
from blah
where soc_id between v_min and v_max);
return v_min;
end;

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