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Comparing to NULL
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
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Thread ID:
01243011
Message ID:
01243034
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>>
>>I see. But the following also works (unless you see something I am missing):
>>
>>
>>IF (!ISNULL(EVALUATE(FIELD(i))) AND ISNULL(OLDVAL(FIELD
>>(i), "V_V_MYTABLE"))) OR ;
>>(ISNULL(EVALUATE(FIELD(i))) AND !ISNULL(OLDVAL(FIELD
>>(i), "V_V_MYTABLE"))) OR ;
>>!(EVALUATE(FIELD(i)) == OLDVAL(FIELD(i), "V_V_MYTABLE"))
>>
>>
>>Thank you.
>
>If that works for you, that's fine, but I find your example extremely hard to follow its intent.
>
>
>IF (VARTYPE(OLDVAL(FIELD(i))<>VARTYPE(EVALUATE(FIELD(i)))
>  *
>  * To/From .NULL.
>  *
>ELSE
>  *
>  * Type stays the same
>  *
>  IF ISNULL(EVALUATE(FIELD(i))) OR (OLDVAL(EVALUATE(FIELD(i))==EVALUATE(FIELD(i)))
>    *
>    * same values
>    *
>  ELSE
>    *
>    * different values
>    *
>  ENDIF
>ENDIF
>
>All in all, they're really the same thing.

Thank you for your version of the code.
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