Hi,
I recently had an issue when trying to select data from a table. I used an ANY(SELECT( function, which had worked perfectly on several other tables.
In this particular table, however, I was looking to select based on whether a particular text value appeared in a column.
So I was looking for, say, โT5โ, in a column with values โT2, T5, T9, T18, T27, T58โ using the CONTAINS() function. It wouldnโt do itโฆit couldnโt โfindโ the value โT5โ in that list, and hence returned the wrong data from the table.
When I replace the T numbers with words, so for example, looking for โBruceโ in the column containing โAdam, Adrian, Bruce, Craig, Dave, Michaelโ, then it works perfectly, finding โBruceโ, and hence selecting the correct data.
Is this a bug? Or something I am not understanding about the nature of the data?
I managed to make my select function work, but only by replaccing the T numbers with the longer words they were representing. I had to type a lot of words in!
Cheers
Craig
Would you please give us the formula first you were using, thanks.
Something like this:
=IFS(
[WidthRequired]=600, ANY(SELECT(Blinds[600], AND([Length]=[_ThisRow].[LengthRequired],CONTAINS([Colours],[_ThisRow].[ColourCode1])) )) )
Where [ColourCode1] is the data T1, T2, T5, etc etc.
Try withโฆ
IFS( [WidthRequired]=600, ANY(SELECT(Blinds[600], AND([Length]=[_ThisRow].[LengthRequired],CONTAINS([_ThisRow].[ColourCode1],[Colours])) )) )
I managed to sort the problem, the long way around before I posted hereโฆ I used exactly the same formula but with words instead of T numbers to search for. It workedโฆ so if youir suggestion
works, then order of the statement in the CONTAINS() instruction only applies in certain casesโฆ strange!
Or is it possible that in that record you had only one option and then it could find a solution bcause situation was like โBruceโ = โBruceโ?
But each of the T numbers were uniqueโฆ
โฆ unless, there is some confusion between searching for T5 and T54, both of them containing the string T5โฆ
โฆ to test this, I made it search for T8017, which only occurred once. It still didnโt find it, and returned incorrect dataโฆ
May I ask what is the app name and account ID? I can check the reason quickly if itโs okay for you.
CONTAINS will find both of them for sure. If your [ColourCode1] field is an EnumList, it could be better idea to use IN expression instead of CONTAINS.
The data is no longer in the app in the form where it doesnโt work. I changed it because I couldnโt get around the problem. You wonโt see the problem in there nowโฆ Sorry.
I just posted in case it was a bug, or something. At least there are a couple of things I can try if it happens againโฆ
Gotcha
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