Can't create method

[jda]

Hi,

I must be doing something stupid -- I can't add a new method to my 
existing database. The code is

   authorEditorSortMethod = new VVarChar("authorEditorSortMethod", 
128, "English", kV_Indexed)
     authorEditorSortMethod.SetMethod("Upper(if (length(authors)=0, if 
(length(editors)=0,title,editors),authors))")

I create a new database and try to populate it -- updating records 
(cursor method) fails, and ultimately I get a crash. And of course 
this is with a fresh database.

Any ideas, Ruslan?

Jon