Hey there,

I have created a field definition that tells me too many seperators and i was wondering how many and clauses can you put in a Case.

Or am i doing something else wrong.....Here it is:

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* Note, if i take out the section in red, it works. But i need it in there help!!

If(cLineItemType = "Product",

Case(ProductStatus = "Reserved",1,

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Left(max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck,1) = 1 and max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck) <> cInstockCheck and Products Current Bypass::ProductUpsell = "Yes" and Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

0),1)

Regards,

Kerrin

Well,

not sure why you are trying to place a Case inside an IF statement.

And the too many seperators is in reference to the ,

You can do all this inside the Case statement.

so start with case

Case(

Criteria1, result 1,

Criteria 2, result 2,

Criteria 3, Result 3 etc

)

Hi, thanks for looking but i worked it out.

I was missing a ) on the following line before the comma..... silly me.

Left(max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck,1)

Regards,

Kerrin

If(cLineItemType = "Product",

Case(ProductStatus = "Reserved",1,

Left(max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck,1) = 1 and max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck) <> cInstockCheck and Products Current Bypass::ProductUpsell = "Yes" and Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

0),1)

PS. I put the case statement inside the If statement so save adding and cLineItemType = "Product" to every case

You have not quite "worked it out" to good programming practice until you lose the if statement.

-bd

Hi,

Can you suggest a better way?

What i want is

If(cLineItemType = "Product",

Then do all these case things.......

Case(ProductStatus = "Reserved",1,

Left(max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck,1) = 1 and max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck) <> cInstockCheck and Products Current Bypass::ProductUpsell = "Yes" and Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

0), otherwise return the value 1

It seems logical to me.

Kerrin

case stops evaluating after first match so...

Case(cLineItemType != "Product",1,ProductStatus = "Reserved",1,

Left(max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck,1) = 1 and max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck) <> cInstockCheck and Products Current Bypass::ProductUpsell = "Yes" and Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

0)

is prefered solution

Dj

I'd take it that the "!=" in the above is meant to refer to the < > or not-equal-to operator?!

Alternative would be -

Case(not LineItemType = "Product",1, ...etc

yes != mean not equal

I've typed directly cLineItemType != "Product", while the rest was copy and paste from post I was replying

Dj

I C Now! it is all becoming clear

Only had to change the ! = on the first line to <> but besides that it works. Thanks.

Case(cLineItemType <> "Product",1,ProductStatus = "Reserved",1,

Left(max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck,1) = 1 and max(ProductLineInvoice::cInstockCheck) <> cInstockCheck and Products Current Bypass::ProductUpsell = "Yes" and Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

Quantity <= Products::StockSelection and CQuantityTotal <> CQuantityCount,1,

0)

Where djukic comes from, "!=" probably has widely understood meaning.

It can be hard to follow, when things are written in a way that is not how they appear in FileMaker.

Some of us are just ordinary folks, though, and we need things explained. I guess that's why we are visiting the forum in the first place.

Thanks to Tintagel I think I understand too, now!