Syntax of expression in Workflow

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April 19, 2018 04:33

Hi

 

I'm trying to select values from a dropdown list generated by a ComboBox in a workflow.  The dropdown list works fine with all unique occurences of the field listed.  However, when the user selects 'C' from the list the workflow also selects 'CH', 'CO' etc. I suspect the problem is in the expression in the Setup WHERE clause in the workflow, under Assign.  This is the current expression:

 

if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(Code.tostring), where, if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(where), "Code LIKE '" + Code.tostring + "%'", where + " AND Code LIKE '" + Code.tostring + "%'"))

 

I've tried changing the LIKE to an equals but then no results are returned.  Is anybody able to help with the syntax in this expression?

 

Thanks

 

David Tonkin 

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  Nico Burgerhart

  April 19, 2018 11:21

  String.Format("Code = '{0}'",Code)

   

   

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  Zack Robison

  April 19, 2018 16:53

  Nico's got the way to go, but FYI you can also overload the if operator with two args which essentially makes the first arg a nullable value with the second arg acting as a default: "Code = '"+if( Code, CObj("") ).toString+"'"

   

   

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  Nico Burgerhart

  April 19, 2018 19:31

  Thanks Zack, that's what I normally use in stead of the String.Format variant :-), except I use just "" in stead of CObj("").

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  Zack Robison

  April 19, 2018 19:53

  Depending on the class of Code, of course!  If we can infer a string value from the arguments, then the .toString method is superfluous anyway.

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  Permanently deleted user

  April 22, 2018 23:39

  Great!  Thanks Nico and Zack.  It works perfectly now using Nico's suggestion.

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