>Hi all!
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>My problem with inlist() is .... well here's an example
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>Select * from dline where inlist(cde_tooth, '14', '1')
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>I get any tooth code that starts with a 1. I did some searching here on UT and found the solution of SET EXACT ON. So, I tried that. Didn't work.
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>The cde_tooth field is c(2). And if I modify my code to
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>Select * from dline where inlist(cde_tooth, '14', '1 ')
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>then I get the correct results, just 14's and 1's. That shouldn't be like that though, should it? Maybe I'm missing something....
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>
>thanks in advance!
Try
SELECT * FROM dline WHERE INLIST(ALLTRIM(cde_tooth), '14', '1')
George
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