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| petervh1 |
 Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:58 am Post subject: Dynamically constructed IF statement |
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Hi
IIB 10.0.0.14
I'm trying to dynamically build an IF statement and then execute it.
I've managed to build
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| 'IF Environment.item.Costcentre <> 00001 AND IF Environment.item.Costcentre <> 00002 AND IF Environment.item.Costcentre <> 00003' |
as a string inside
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| Environment.COSTCENTRECHECK |
and tried to execute it using
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| IF EVAL('(Environment.COSTCENTRECHECK)') THEN ... |
I get:
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| BIP2474 A Search condition must produce a boolean result |
Can someone assist me with the required format of the EVAL?
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| timber |
| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Grand Master
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| Using EVAL is usually a terrible idea. What is the technical task that you are trying to accomplish? |
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| petervh1 |
| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| I need to check whether a cost centre element that is part of an input XML structure is represented or is not represented in a list of cost centres. The list of cost centres is supplied to the IIB flow by means of a JSON array which I need to parse and then construct a an IF statement. |
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| timber |
| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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This is a very common task, and you do not need EVAL.
You should
- store the values from the JSON list in the Environment
- use the IN operator to see whether the XML value is in that list.
Give it a try, and post again if you cannot get it to work. |
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| petervh1 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:34 am Post subject: |
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I got it to work using "IN".
Thanks for your help. |
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| bruce2359 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:52 am Post subject: |
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Please share your successful code for the benefit of others.
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| petervh1 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:09 am Post subject: |
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The purpose of checking whether a cost centre is in a list was to determine whether a flag should be set to TRUE or FALSE.
Here's the code:
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DECLARE CostCentreExists BOOLEAN;
SET Environment.item.[] = InputRoot.XMLNSC.item.[];
IF InputRoot.XMLNSC.item.Costcentre IN(
Environment.item.costcentrelist[]) THEN
SET CostCentreExists = TRUE;
ELSE
SET CostCentreExists = FALSE;
END IF; |
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