Query Filter: When do I set this at runtime?

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• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  March 2009 edited 5:20AM

  the easiest is to parameterize the query
  in the parameter editor set the type and in the value box select the variable.
  then you can pass a value into the report when loading it
  or use the onactivate event of the report dialog or you can use values from dialog form controls directly in the param editor.
  see the main demo internal datasets internal query for an idea.
• hansluijten

  March 2009 edited 5:20AM

  gordk wrote: »

  the easiest is to parameterize the query
  in the parameter editor set the type and in the value box select the variable.
  then you can pass a value into the report when loading it
  or use the onactivate event of the report dialog or you can use values from dialog form controls directly in the param editor.
  see the main demo internal datasets internal query for an idea.

  
  Thanks again for the quick reply [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Using parameter doesn't work. The value is either =0 or >0. I do use parameters quite a lot - wonderful way of working ... (like usual Delphi queries) Passing variables is something I also use - I'd like the report to be as stand-alone as possible so it's not depending on the queries on my Delphi form (thanks for implementing the DATA tab!). I think I'll rewrite the queries to <=0 or <=9999999 ... not pretty, but it should work. I was just curious if the filter of a query on the data tab could be set at runtime (of the report).[/img]
• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  March 2009 edited 5:20AM

  Yes it can be, you may also write code to modify it in the begin end. block of the code page
  
  another method is to set the visibility of the databand in its obp event
  ie:
  masterdata1.visible := (<datasetname."fieldname">) > 0
• hansluijten

  March 2009 edited 5:20AM

  I didn't think about that ... great suggestion (the begin/end section)!