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SEEK and LOCATE and UPPER and ALLTRIM
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13/01/2009 21:28:13
Jay Johengen
Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina, United States
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01373413
Message ID:
01373418
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33
>>There is an index on TableFormProperties.TableName, but the date is in mixed case, so I can't do a SEEK (or can I?). I'm doing this in a LOCATE, but that seems a bit wrong somehow. Is this the right way to do it, or is there a better way.
>>
>>lcTableName = "MyTableName"
>>SELECT TableFormProperties
>>LOCATE FOR ALLTRIM(UPPER(TableName) = ALLTRIM(UPPER(lcTableName))
>>
>
>It's correct except for the typo.
>
>LOCATE FOR ALLTRIM(UPPER(TableName)) = ALLTRIM(UPPER(lcTableName))
>
>Either this or
>
>LOCATE FOR UPPER(TableName) = PADR(ALLTRIM(UPPER(lcTableName)),LEN(TableName))
Is one better than the other? The first seems simpler.
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