>>>max() and min() are always problematic in SQL - SELECT statements, because they have another meaning: the maximum value for a single field, within a set of grouped records.
>>>
>>>Replace it with an iif(), for example:
>>>
>>>
>>>iif(date_fld1 - date_fld2 > 0, date_fld1 - date_fld2, 0)
>>>
>>>
>>>... or create a UDF:
>>>
>>>
>>>MyMax(date_fld1 - date_fld2, 0)
>>>
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>>When trying your first suggestion (with IIF) I get no error but the numbers are (for some reason) so large that the report shows all asterisks. Even though the numbers should not be large at all (as I see the values in date_fld1 and date_fld2). I would prefer not to use the UDF approach as it may not be available when user runs this or that report. I will keep trying the variations of IIF to see how I can get it to work.
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>>Thank you very much for your help.
>
>You didn't accidentally multiply or divide, instead of subtracting?
>
>Also check the field width in the report, and the numeric format, e.g. "###" will show asterisks if you have four digits.
The problem is definitely with the IIF() and probably the way SFReports views it. I changed my IIF() expression to
IIF( DATE_FLD1 > DATE_FLD2, 1, 0 ) and I still see bunch of asterisks.
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