1. Paul Shue
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  3. Thursday, 10 August 2023 14:45 PM UTC

 I am trying to do a datawindow find for a varchar column that has an embedded double quote.  The column data is
'Moisture Conditioned Lots 6'' Lifts' and my find first argument for dw find is:  "Pos(Lower(location), 'Moisture Conditioned Lots 6'' Lifts') > 0"
The return code is -5 bad argument. How do I fix this or is there a better way to build the find expression?

 

 

 

 

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John Fauss Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 10 August 2023 16:11 PM UTC
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I have a DW containing addresses, and I edited the data to encapsulate the word Disk with double-quotes ("Disk"), then did the following DW Find:

ls_find = "Pos(Lower(address),Lower('~"DISK')) > 0"
ll_foundrow = dw_1.Find(ls_find,1,9999)

and it returns the correct row number.

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  1. Paul Shue
  2. Thursday, 10 August 2023 17:11 PM UTC
Thanks for your help. I got it to work but my find was slightly different from yours in that my data had a single embedded double quote in it whereas you are just searching for "Disk. My ls_find that is now working;

ls_find = "Pos(Lower(location), Lower('Moisture Conditioned Lots 6~" Lifts')) > 0"
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  1. John Fauss
  2. Thursday, 10 August 2023 17:46 PM UTC
Glad to hear you got it working, Paul. Thanks for the update!
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Mark Goldsmith Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:33 PM UTC
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Hi Paul,

If your code is exactly as you provided in your post, I don't think you have an embedded double-quote. It appears to be two single quotes.
If your inner quote is a double-quote, then you should be able to get away with just 3 tildes: 'Moisture Conditioned Lots 6~~~" Lifts'.

HTH...regards,

Mark

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  1. Paul Shue
  2. Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:44 PM UTC
I tried "Pos(Lower(location), 'Moisture Conditioned Lots 6~~~'' Lifts') > 0" for my find expression with same failure (-5 return code)
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  1. Mark Goldsmith
  2. Thursday, 10 August 2023 16:56 PM UTC
Maybe it's just me, or my browser, but when I copy the string you provided and paste it into Notepad, the character right after the 3 tildes is a single quote with another single quote beside it versus a double-quote, like my example above.
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Paul Shue Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:21 PM UTC
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  3. # 3

Adding the ~ and the lower function resulted in same failure with -5 return code from find.

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Roland Smith Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:19 PM UTC
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From the help for the Find method:

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  1. Paul Shue
  2. Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:40 PM UTC
Tried 'Moisture Conditioned Lots 6~~~~~'' Lifts') > 0" if that is what you are wanting to try but that fails also
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John Fauss Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:06 PM UTC
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In addition to Roland's suggestion to preface the double-quote with an "escape" tilde, you might also wish to consider including a Lower() function around the target string:

   Pos(Lower(location), Lower('Moisture Conditioned Lots 6'' Lifts')) > 0

Best regards, John

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Paul Shue Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:02 PM UTC
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I tried your suggestion with same result (-5 return code from find)

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Roland Smith Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 10 August 2023 14:49 PM UTC
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  3. # 7

Try:

"Moisture Conditioned Lots 6~'' Lifts"

 

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