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- Date: 21 Jan 93 12:41:03 GMT
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- I've encountered a problem with PAL that I need help with. Simply,
- how can I perform a query / endquery, using a string variable which
- contains operators?
- Example, I want to ask the user to input a (limited) range of
- days by checking a box either Y = Yes, include Monday or N = No,
- do not include Wednesday. I've gone through the response and
- made a string that would look something like this: "..MON.. AND NOT ..WED..",
- placed it into the query form, Database | ~string |, but it doesn't work.
- I think it is because the query is looking for a literal interpretation of
- the string, instead of parsing the data and operators. Anyone? The best I
- can think of at the moment is multiple queries, but that can take a _long_
- time. Thanks.
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