>>>>>>>>>>>I would like to have a view parameter that works like a logical, but uses a date field. I have a date field that is either empty or has some value. I would like to bring down the records that are either empty or have some value (regardless of what the value is). Is there some way I can set up a view paramter off of the date field to provide this functionality, or do I need to create another logical field?
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>>>>>>>>>>It's enough to use datefield equal {} (or NOT equal {}).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>How do you do that in a view parameter? You can't set the value of a view parameter to an expression.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Why do you use 'expression'. You should just select datefield as 'Field Name' (View Designer: Selection Criteria tab), and type {} in 'Example'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>That works if I always want the records with the date field being empty. I want the user to be able to choose (ie. parameterized) between empty and !empty.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think the simplest way is to use programmatic Select ... into Cursor, or you can use two views.
>>>>>
>>>>>If you define the view in code you can put in the WHERE clause
>>>>>
>>>>>empty(date) = glempty_or_not
>>>>>
>>>>>and set glempty_or_not to .T. or .F. depending on what the user wants
>>>>
>>>>Excellent solution, and can be implemented through View Designer too. Surely, it's better to have index tag on empty(date).
>>>
>>>Before I posted this, I tried it in the view designer, and couldn't get it to accept it. If you get it to work, I would like to know how.
>>
>>Tested w/out problems. This is View-SQL string:
>>SELECT *;
>> FROM table1;
>> WHERE EMPTY(Table1.date1) = ?l1
>
>Well, I don't know what I was doing wrong before, but it works now for me too. tnx

Ed & Erik,

Thank you both for your help. One more issue on this, will the EMPTY function call create a problem for a remote view when the data is upsized?