I have a grid on a form that displays some columns from a dbf table and a textbox.
I want to search the value displayed in the textbox over all columns from a dbf table. Some fields are numeric and other are character
If I want to find a number, should search all record that contain that number in all columns, no matter the column type.
If I want to search a substring should give me all record that contain that substring.
SET FILTER TO ALLTRIM(ThisForm.Text1.Value) $Content or ALLTRIM(val(ThisForm.Text1.Value)) $registrationNumber or ALLTRIM(ThisForm.Text1.Value) $holderNo
Your approach with the "$" wildcard "contains" approach appears to be ok. However, your attempt via allt( val( )) would fail as you cant trim a numeric value, it would have to be pre-converted to a string.
Now, that said, you could shorten your query by just doing a $ against a concatenation of ALL columns something like (assuming your registration number is a numeric field)...
set filter to ALLTRIM(ThisForm.Text1.Value) ;
$ ( Content +"," +str(registrationNumber) +," + holderNo )
if you have dates or date/time fields you could do DTOC( dateField ) or TTOC( dateTimeField). So, by building a single string of all values, you dont have to explicitly repeat the OR condition repeatedly.
You could do something like:
select curGrid
scan
lcRow = transform(field1) + transform(field2) ... + transform(lastfield)
if lcSearchValue $ lcRow
DoWhatever()
endif
endscan
This leverages the fact that transform() will give a string representation of any data type.
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I have a column that contains either letters or numbers. I want to add a column identifying whether each cell contains a letter or a number. The problem is that there are thousands of records in this particular database.
I tried the following syntax:
= Table.AddColumn(Source, "Column2", each if [Column1] is number then "Number" else "Letters")
My problem is that when I enter this, it returns everything as "Letter" because it looks at the column type instead of the actual value in the cell. This remains the case even when I change the column type from Text to General. Either way, it still produces "Letter" as it automatically assigns text as the data type since the column contains both text and numbers.
Use this expression:
= Table.AddColumn(Source, "Column2", each if List.Contains({"0".."9"}, Text.Start([Column1], 1)) then "Numbers" else "Letters")
Note: It would have been smart to add sample data to your question so I wouldn't have to guess what your data actually looks like!
Add column, custom column with
= try if Value.Is(Number.From([Column1]), type number) then "number" else "not" otherwise "not"
Peter's method works if the choice is AAA/111 but this one tests for A11 and 1BC as well
How can I filter a recordset by comparing two fields?
For a given ADO Recordset with n fields (Field1, Field2,...,Fieldn)
I used to filter a field against a value:
rs.Filter = "Field1 = 'something'"
But what I need to do is something like this:
rs.Filter = "Field1 = Field2"
Is that possible?
The criteria string is made up of clauses in the form FieldName-Operator-Value
Value is the value with which you will compare the field values (for example, 'Smith', #8/24/95#, 12.345, or $50.00). Use single quotes with strings and pound signs (#) with dates. For numbers, you can use decimal points, dollar signs, and scientific notation. If Operator is LIKE, Value can use wildcards. Only the asterisk (*) and percent sign (%) wild cards are allowed, and they must be the last character in the string. Value cannot be null.
This suggests that comparing fields to each other is not supported. Value must be a literal.
I have a field set that contains bill numbers and I want to sort them first alphabetically then numerically.
For instance I have a column "Bills" that has the following sequence of bills.
- HB200
- SB60
- HB67
Desired outcome is below
- HB67
- HB200
- SB60
How can I use sorting in SSRS Group Properties to have the field sort from [A-Z] & [1 - 1000....]
This should be doable by adding just 2 separate Sort options in the group properties. To test this, I created a simple dataset using your examples.
CREATE TABLE #temp (Bills VARCHAR(20))
INSERT INTO #temp(Bills)
VALUES ('HB200'),('SB60'),('HB67')
SELECT * FROM #temp
Next, I added a matrix with a single row and a single column for my Bills field with a row group.
In the group properties, my sorting options are set up like this:
So to get this working, my theory was that you needed to isolate the numeric characters from the non-numeric characters and use each in their own sort option. To do this, I used the relatively unknown Regex Replace function in SSRS.
This expression gets only the non-numeric characters and is used in the top sorting option:
=System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(Fields!Bills.Value, "[0-9]", "")
While this expression isolates the numeric characters:
=System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(Fields!Bills.Value, "[^0-9]", "")
With these sorting options, my results match what you expect to happen.
In the sort expression for your tablix/table which is displaying the dataset, set the sort to something like:
=IIF(Fields!Bills.Value = "HB67", 1, IIF(Fields!Bills.Value = "HB200", 2, IIF(Fields!Bills.Value = "SB600", 3, 4)))
Then when you sort A-Z, it'll sort by the number given to it in the sort expression.
This is only a solution if you don't have hundreds of values, as this can become quite tedious to create if there's hundreds of possible conditions.
I would like to filter a specific value as well as blank values.
Example: Filter if the value is "VALUE" or ""
I tried this:
=filter({Summation!E2:K},match(Summation!D2:D,{$B$1,""},false))
And also tried this:
=filter({Summation!E2:K},or(match(Summation!D2:D,{$B$1},false),isblank(Summation!D2:D)))
But non of these work. How do I match for blank values. I want all blank values as well as those with the value B1.
You could use something like =QUERY(B1:K,"Select * where B='' and B='VALUE'",0)
That selects all data in the range B1:K where column B is blank (B='') AND where B is equal to VALUE (B='VALUE').
Replace B with whatever column contains the value you're trying to find.
I'm using Visual FoxPro and I need to convert currency amount into numeric. The 2 columns in the table are tranamt(numeric,12,2) and tranamt2(character)
Here's my example:
tranamt2=-$710,000.99
I've tried
replace all tranamt with val(tranamt2)
and
replace all tranamt with val(strtran(tranamt2, ",",""))
both results give me zero. I know it has something to do with the negative sign but I can't figure it out. Any help is appreciated.
Try this:
replace all tranamt with VAL(STRTRAN(STRTRAN(tranamt2, "$", ""), ",", ""))
This removes the dollar sign and comma in one shot.
need to convert currency amount into numeric
tranamt(numeric,12,2) and tranamt2(character)
First of all a neither a Character Field Type nor a Numeric Field type (tranamt2) are Not a VFP Currency Field type
You may be using the value of a Character field to represent currency, but that does not make it a currency value - just a String value.
And typically when that is done, you do NOT store the Dollar Sign '$' and Comma ',' as part of the data.
Instead, you store the 'raw' value (in this case: "-710000.99") and merely format how that 'raw' value is displayed when needed.
So in your Character field you have a value of: -$710,000.99
Do you have the Dollar Sign '$' and the Comma ',' as part of the field data?
If so, to convert it to a Numeric, you will first have to eliminate those extraneous characters prior to the the conversion.
If they are not stored as part of your field value, then you can use the VAL() 'as is'.
Example:
cStr = "-710000.99" && The '$' and ',' are NOT stored as part of Character value
nStr = VAL(cStr)
?nStr
However if you have the Dollar Sign and the Comma as part of the field data itself, then you can use STRTRAN() to eliminate them during the conversion.
Example:
cStr = "-$710,000.99" && Note both '$' and ',' are part of data value
* --- Remove both '$' and ',' and convert with VAL() ---
nStr = VAL(STRTRAN(STRTRAN(cStr,",",""),"$",""))
?nStr
Maybe something like:
REPLACE tranamt WITH VAL(STRTRAN(STRTRAN(tranamt2,",",""),"$",""))
EDIT: Another alternative would be to use CHRTRAN() to remove the '$' and ','
Something like:
cRemoveChar = "$," && Characters to be removed from String
REPLACE tranamt WITH VAL(CHRTRAN(tranamt2,cRemoveChar,""))
Good Luck
A little late but I use this function call
function MoneyToDecimal
LPARAMETER tnAmount
LOCAL lnAmount
IF VARTYPE(tnAmount) = "Y"
lnAmount = VAL(STRTRAN(TRANSFORM(tnAmount), "$", ""))
ELSE
lnAmount = tnAmount
ENDIF
return lnAmount
endfunc
And can be tested with these calls:
wait wind MoneyToDecimal($112.50)
wait wind MoneyToDecimal($-112.50)
Use the built-in MTON() function to convert a currency value into a numeric value:
replace all tranamt with mton(tranamt2)