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Using the Forumla option of the gui when creating a TABLE

  • December 29, 2005 at 8:52 am

    #166952

    Hello all,

    Does anybody know where there is information about using the Formula option in the gui when creating a table or adding a column to a table?  What I'm basically looking for is what funcations  can and cannot be used in the Formula column. 

    For example can CAST be used or even using a CASE funcation be used?

    Thanks for any information.

  • December 30, 2005 at 1:02 pm

    #612211

    Pat,

    Basically, any legal expression may be used so long as it does not refer to another table.  Cast and Case may be used.  SELECT may not because it's a "clause" not an expression.

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
    "Change is inevitable... change for the better is not".
    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)
    Intro to Tally Tables and Functions

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