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From
18/03/1999 03:13:00
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
 
 
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18/03/1999 02:58:12
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00199086
Message ID:
00199087
Views:
16
>I have a combo box whose RowSource is SQL. The statement is as follows:
>
>SELECT DISTINCT Lookup.Type FROM Lookup INTO CURSOR csrType ORDER BY Type
>
>When I paste this into the command window, it works beautifully. However, when I run my form, the combo box is empty. When I press the Verify button in the Expression Builder of the control, I get the lovely "help" message: Syntax error. If there is a syntax error, why does it run in the command window???
>
>Anybody see what's wrong with this statement?
>
>TIA,
>John
John,
Might it be you use expression builder ? SQL should be there as a string. Just paste the SQL to recordsource or put it in quotes.
="Select ...."
select ...
Cetin
Çetin Basöz

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