>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I have an expression that works SQL Server DB:
>>>>
>>>>select CAST(0 AS BIT) AS MYFIELD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Of course the above will not work for VFP. Is there a way to change the expression above that it would create a calculated logical field in VFP as well as SQL DB?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>I believe this works in SQL Server (not tested) and for sure in VFP:
>>>
>>>SELECT 1=2 AS MyField
>>>
>>>In MySQL this syntax does not work. I usually refrain from creating boolean fields in the database and prefer single digit numeric values instead (0=false, 1 = true). In MySQL you cannot cast to bool (although the data type exists) and SQL Server boolean datatype does not exist.
>>
>>Thank you. I decided to have two separate expressions, one for SQL and one for VFP.
>
>I found another alternative:
>
>
>PRIVATE plValue
>plValue= .F.
>
>Select ?plValue AS MYFIELD
>
Thank you. Your approach would work but not in my case. My code is inside a "black" box of the method of an object. And it cannot rely on a variable.
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