Dan,
Try it again with spaces between the elements of the show, e.g.
show 'Begin test:' $test1 '' $test2
For readability, a further improvement:
show 'Begin test: ' $test1 ' ' $test2
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson, Dan [mailto:Dan_Johnson@WRIGHTEXPRESS.COM]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 1:41 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
Subject: Re: Show vs. Display
All of this display/show talk had me curious so I wrote this test program.
begin-program
move 'test one' to $test1
move 'test two' to $test2
show 'Begin test:'$test1''$test2
end-program
and the output was
Begin test:
The values of $test1 and $test2 do not display. Should they? Is this a
version thing? I am on version 3.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carlton Conley [SMTP:cconley@CDG-INC.COM]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 12:13 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
Subject: Re: Show vs. Display
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
>