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IF ITEM.string ("") <> then ?

IF ITEM.string ("") <> then ?

MoistFist	2 Jul, 2009 - 07:33 AM Post #1
D.I.C Head Joined: 2 Jun, 2009 Posts: 76 My Contributions	When i state this IF statment, i am querying from a SQL DB, and after the vaulue equals true it does stuff... is the = "" mean that it will always bring a value, CODE If dr2.Item("DischargeDateTime").ToString = "" And dr2.Item("AdmitDateTime").ToString = "" Then 'Send an A03 message ' sMessage = ""
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modi123_1	RE: IF ITEM.string ("") <> Then ? 2 Jul, 2009 - 07:48 AM Post #2
Suiter #2 Joined: 12 Jun, 2008 Posts: 1,760 Thanked: 72 times Dream Kudos: 150 My Contributions	Ah.. what? the CODE dr2.Item("DischargeDateTime").ToString = "" means if dr2.Item("DischargeDateTime").ToString equals an empty string...
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MoistFist	RE: IF ITEM.string ("") <> Then ? 2 Jul, 2009 - 09:43 AM Post #3
D.I.C Head Joined: 2 Jun, 2009 Posts: 76 My Contributions	CODE If dr2.Item("DischargeDateTime").ToString <> "" And dr2.Item("AdmitDateTime").ToString <> "" And "" <= "200800000000" Then 'patien is showing a dishcharge dat but NO Admit date 'send A03 EPRDishDate = CType(dr2.Item("DischargeDateTime").ToString, DateTime) EPRAdmitDate = CType(dr2.Item("AdmitDateTime").ToString, DateTime) sMessage = "" so what i want is to only write dishchargedatetimes with a date of 2008 and lower, how can i do that? This post has been edited by MoistFist: 2 Jul, 2009 - 09:44 AM
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modi123_1	RE: IF ITEM.string ("") <> Then ? 2 Jul, 2009 - 10:00 AM Post #4
Suiter #2 Joined: 12 Jun, 2008 Posts: 1,760 Thanked: 72 times Dream Kudos: 150 My Contributions	Easy - convert "dr2.Item("DischargeDateTime")" to a datetime and use that object's property for .Year to set up the if statement <datetime_object>.year <= 2008
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CamoDeveloper	RE: IF ITEM.string ("") <> Then ? 2 Jul, 2009 - 11:39 AM Post #5
D.I.C Head Joined: 12 Jun, 2009 Posts: 204 Thanked: 12 times Dream Kudos: 200 My Contributions	Since you're using strings, you don't need to convert it to a date to compare it. Try something like this: CODE If dr2.Item("DischargeDateTime").ToString <= "2008" Then 'Code Here End If Also, why don't you just filter it by date in your query? ~Camo
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modi123_1	RE: IF ITEM.string ("") <> Then ? 2 Jul, 2009 - 11:44 AM Post #6
Suiter #2 Joined: 12 Jun, 2008 Posts: 1,760 Thanked: 72 times Dream Kudos: 150 My Contributions	Camo - that won't work. s/He is converting it to a string so it will try and evaluate a full date time string is less than or equal to another string. ex: "01/01/1900 12:00:00" <= "2008
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CamoDeveloper	RE: IF ITEM.string ("") <> Then ? 2 Jul, 2009 - 11:50 AM Post #7
D.I.C Head Joined: 12 Jun, 2009 Posts: 204 Thanked: 12 times Dream Kudos: 200 My Contributions	Ahh, I missed the DateTime part...Yeah, what Modi said will work, my bad on the confusion. ~Camo
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