Here's the view:

create sql view lv_OrdDet as ;
select OD.kOrder, OD.iQty, OD.nPrice, OD.lCresting, OD.lCrest_ch, OD.nCrest_Prc ,;
OD.nCrest_Sty, OD.kPeople, G.cMaterial, G.nDefPrice, G.nCst_Mat, OD.kOrderDet,;
P.cName, O.kLoc, PLC.cDescrip as Color, PLC.cAbrev, G.cStyle, G.cDescrip ,;
iif(OD.lCresting,iif(OD.nCrest_Sty = 1,"Oval","Emb.")," ") as cCrest_Sty ,;
iif(OD.lChg4Add, OD.nCrest_Prc, 0.00) as nCrest_Chg ,;
(OD.nPrice + iif(OD.lChg4Add, OD.nCrest_Prc, 0.00)) * OD.iQty as nTotPrice ,;
trim(PLS.cDescrip)+iif(G.cStyle="P","x"+trim(PLL.cDescrip),"") as cSize ;
from OrderDet OD ;
right join Orders O ;
on OD.kOrder = O.kOrder ;
left join People P ;
on OD.kPeople = P.kPeople ;
left join PickList PLC ;
on PLC.kPickList = OD.kColor ;
left join PickList PLS ;
on PLS.kPickList = OD.kSize ;
left join PickList PLL ;
on PLL.kPickList = OD.kLength ;
left join Garments G ;
on G.kGarment = OD.kGarment ;
where O.kOrder = gkOrder ;
order by G.cStyle, P.cName

It doesn't reference anything with a variable length index.

It failes after being run with nCrest_Chg calculated as a zero value, and then requeried with a non-zero calculated value for nCrest_Chg. It's on this that I have been focusing, but now am looking for something more general as I've hit a dead end.