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| busy_chap |
 Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:39 am Post subject: Code recommendations-Best Practices |
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Acolyte
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Does anybody know what is the recommendation around the following statement?
SET ref.tag1.tag2 = varA ;
Or
SET ref.”tag1”.”tag2” = varA;
Just wanted to know if the quotes are a standard.
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| WMBDEV1 |
| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:54 am Post subject: |
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Sentinel
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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Location: UK
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I personally prefer to see things not quoted and most of the code I read does not have them quoted.
I only add the quotes when I need to. |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:56 am Post subject: Re: Code recommendations-Best Practices |
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Grand High Poobah
Joined: 11 Nov 2005
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Location: Texas, USA
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| busy_chap wrote: |
| Just wanted to know if the quotes are a standard. |
Quotes in ESQL have meanings. Don't use them unless they are significant within your code.
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Insanity is the best defence. |
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| busy_chap |
| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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Acolyte
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My observation was that some ESQL worked with quotes and sometimes it doesn't though it is a same type of statement. I wanted to know more of when do I use quotes and when do i not?
So from both of your words looks like quotes should not be used unless really needed for the respective type of ESQL statement. |
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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Grand Master
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Double quotes in ESQL have an exact, specific, documented purpose.
They are distracting otherwise, so should not generally be used. |
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| rekarm01 |
| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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ASCII double quotes in ESQL have an exact, specific, documented purpose.
Windows ”smart” quotes generate a syntax error:
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| BIP2554E: Unrecognized character '”' in input. |
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