Re: Show vs. Display

[Carlton Conley <cconley@CDG-INC.COM>]

There are some fairly meaningless difference including making the screen
beep but the main difference lies in the ability to display multiple fields
with one command

for example

Show 'Returned Value 1 = ' &COLUMN1 ' Returned Value 2 = ' &COLUMN2

vs

Display 'Returned Value 1 = ' noline
Display &COLUMN1 noline
Display 'Returned Value 2 = ' noline
Display '&COLUMN2

As for not seeing anything with the display command I always make sure I
have some test and some way to set off the data for Example using Display

Display 'my value ' no line
Display '*" noline
Display $whatIwantToDisplay noline
Display '*'

that way if I get my value * *

then I know there was not a value in what I was trying to display, so if you
see nothing there may not be a problem with the Show or Display but your
select.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of SQR, SQRIBE Technologies's database reporting
> language [mailto:SQR-USERS@list.iex.net]On Behalf Of Ross, Steven
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 10:31 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject: Show vs. Display
>
>
> Does anyone know the difference between the Show command and the Display
> command?  The SQR manual isn't too clear.
>
> I've got an SQR that uses both, and for some reason, the Show command
> doesn't display anything.
>
> TIA,
> Steven Ross
> Programmer/Analyst
>  <mailto:sross@kcm.org> sross@kcm.org
>