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IIF within Insert command
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21/11/2021 01:37:24
 
 
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21/11/2021 01:27:17
Lutz Scheffler (Online)
Lutz Scheffler Software Ingenieurbüro
Dresden, Germany
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01682738
Message ID:
01682745
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44
>>Howdy,
>>Scanning a table and as I go through the records, want to insert records into another table. One field can be valid in the source table, so I want to update the destination record/field with "No Listing provided", else inset the data with the source field/data.
>>
>>Here's is the code:
>> *Scan Sourcetable
>> * insert into NewTable (field A, Field B, Field C) values (SourceTable.FieldA, SourceTable.FieldB, iif empty(allt(sourceTable.fieldC)), "No LIsting Provided", allt(sourceTable.fieldC))
>>
>>Receiving a syntax error.
>
>>Howdy,
>>Scanning a TABLE AND AS I GO through the RECORDS, want TO INSERT RECORDS INTO another TABLE. One FIELD can be VALID IN the SOURCE TABLE, so I want TO UPDATE the destination RECORD/FIELD WITH "No Listing provided", ELSE inset the DATA WITH the SOURCE FIELD/DATA.
>>
>>Here's is the code:
>> *SCAN Sourcetable
>> * INSERT INTO NewTable (FIELD a, FIELD B, FIELD C) VALUES (Sourcetable.FieldA, Sourcetable.FieldB, IIF EMPTY(ALLT(Sourcetable.fieldC)), "No LIsting Provided", ALLT(Sourcetable.fieldC))
>>
>>Receiving a syntax ERROR.
>
>Or, maybe without DBX, just SQL ....
>
>INSERT INTO NewTable (;
> field_A, Field_B, Field_C);
> SELECT;
>  Sourcetable.FieldA,;
>  Sourcetable.FieldB,;
>  IIF(EMPTY(ALLT(Sourcetable.fieldC)), "No LIsting Provided", ALLT(Sourcetable.fieldC));
> FROM Sourcetable
>
>;)

Instead of Empty(Allt(Sourcetable.fieldC)) you can simply use Empty(Sourcetable.fieldC). As I write very often, Alltrim() is used way too often.
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