Can't create method

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 1/19/04 1:41 AM, jda at jda at his.com wrote:

>> Looks to be a bug.
>> Crash happens during Update record.
>> 
>> Probably secret in your formula...
> 
> I've diagnosed this as far as I can. This is the problem:
> 
> 
> authorEditorSortMethod.SetMethod("Upper(if(length(authors)=0,editors,authors))
> ")
> 
> 
> It's the authors field that is trashed when I use this method --
> attempts to update the authors field -> crash. If I substitute
> another field, e.g.
> 
> 
> authorEditorSortMethod.SetMethod("Upper(if(length(title)=0,editors,authors))")
> 
> then the authors field is OK. But if I subsequently try to edit the
> title field, it crashes.
> 
> 
> Furthermore, I think it's the length function that's the problem. If I use
> 
>  authorEditorSortMethod.SetMethod("Upper(if(authors='',editors,authors))")
> 
> 
> the database is not corrupted (the sort doesn't work properly, though).
> 
> So, Ruslan, it looks like the length function in this method is
> causing damage to the field whose length is being checked.

Can you make test example with one table and 2-3 fields and one method?


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Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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