Setting input fields to an empty string BIG PROBLEM

Hi Rob, thanks for your rerply, It makes sense alright, but I am using 2 seperate input fields. I have discovered what is causing the problem .
After the user types into the inputfield and moves on to a different frame, I have set the input field to an empty string and this is what is causing the problem.
I have tried setting the input field to an empty string in a movie script and on individual sprites and the first right answer is not excepted.I have to type in the right answer twice to get get a right response. I am actually using three seperate input fields in total, each with a different name and behavior. Even If I use one input field I still have the same problem. Its driving me crazey. Any Ideas.
Anne

I believe that the FIM Service always does trims on string, so you may be out of luck.
What is your scenario / what are you trying to accomplish by setting a space in an attribute? A space is not an empty string in my definition.
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Residence
The next question I have is if there is a way to make individual signature fields mandatory if they are digital signatures?
In other words, I don't want the individual to be able to email the form to the next person if he/she hasn't applied their digital signature.

Saving can always be done, even when mandatory fields are empty. This is by design. And that is correct. Suppose you have a big form and 2 people need to fill it out. How can you fill out a first part and then send it to the second person without saving.
Same for printing. Same for your signature fields.
What I would do, is to put a "watermark" on the form that you show on preSave and prePrint if the form is incomplete. Just a static text on your form. Then the user will see that they need to do more. Also, on preSave and prePrint, you can show a warning popup to tell the user about the missing fields. You can then still cancel their action if the user decides not to save/print anyway.

How to set Date in input field by hard coding in application

Hi all,
1.I have to make a date(its my choice to set the date) to appear in input field which is date type.
2.How to compare two numbers of type decimal. for example greatest of two numbers
urgent requirement

Hi
Check the http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/sql/Date.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html
Sample Code
Date now = new Date();
      DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
      String s = df.format(now);
      System.out.println("Today is " + s);
java.sql.Date descends from java.util.Date, but uses only the year, month and day values. There are two methods to create a Date object. The first uses a Calendar object, setting the year, month and day portions to the desired values. The hour, minute, second and millisecond values must be set to zero. At that point, Calendar.getTime().getTime() is invoked to get the java.util.Date milliseconds. That value is then passed to a java.sql.Date constructor:
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    // set Date portion to January 1, 1970
    cal.set( cal.YEAR, 1970 );
    cal.set( cal.MONTH, cal.JANUARY );
    cal.set( cal.DATE, 1 );
    cal.set( cal.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0 );
    cal.set( cal.MINUTE, 0 );
    cal.set( cal.SECOND, 0 );
    cal.set( cal.MILLISECOND, 0 );
    java.sql.Date jsqlD =
       new java.sql.Date( cal.getTime().getTime() );
The second method is java.sql.Date's valueOf method. valueOf() accepts a String, which must be the date in JDBC time escape format - "yyyy-mm-dd". For example,
    java.sql.Date jsqlD = java.sql.Date.valueOf( "2010-01-31" );
creates a Date object representing January 31, 2010. To use this method with a Calendar object, use:
    java.sql.Date jsqlD = java.sql.Date.valueOf(
            cal.get(cal.YEAR) + ":" +
            cal.get(cal.MONTH) + ":" +
            cal.get(cal.DATE) );
which produces a Date object with the same value as the first example.
Regards
Ayyapparaj

Setting the cursor on a particular input field in module pool

Hi,
I am working on an abap module program, the requirement is the cursor should be placed on a particular field at run time.
In detail: Table contains zserialno primary key field, zemailid of char type.
Screen design: 1st text input field is zserialno
                         2nd field zemailid is splitted into 3 input text fields.
For 2nd field zemailid 1st input field allows user to enter his/her email name, 2nd input field is an drop down which contains domain names and 3rd field is an empty field which is to be triggered on user action.
example: zemailid- 1st input field XYZ 2nd input field conatains @gm../@yah....and others. If user selects on others value in drop down of 2nd input field, the cursor should point the 3rd input field which allows the user to enter his/her other domain.
I used
SET CURSOR FIELD <3rd inpu field namet>.
, but the cursor pointing the key field of the table zserialno even the input field of zserialno was provided with a value.
Any idea on this is appreciated.
Edited by: Sona_abaper on May 7, 2011 5:34 PM

Hi Sona,
F1:
Effect:
During PBO processing, this statement sets the cursor in the screen layout of the current screen. The cursor can be positioned by entering a screen element after FIELD or by entering a specific position using col and lin. Outside of PBO processing, the cursor is positioned in the next list displayed on the screen.
If the SET CURSOR statement is not specified, depending on the definition of the screen, the cursor is set according to the following hierarchy:
    On the cursor position determined statically in the screen properties,
    On the first input field of the screen,
    On the first screen element of the screen,
    On the command field in the systemtoolbar.
The latter also applies if the command field in the system toolbar is not displayed.
I'm convinced your code works as designed.
Let us know your PBO module and code.
Regards,
Clemens

SQLLDR - how to set a default value for an empty string

I'm using SQLLDR to load data from a flat file on Oracle 10g 10.2.0.4 EE, Linux RHEL 4 update 6. Seems like my question is simple, but darned if I can't find the solution.
My source file (comma delimited extracted form a different RDBMS) has some (not all) rows where the output for a string is "", and not NULL. How do I check for empty string and add a default value in the control file? The target column is non-nullable
Here's my current control file - however, the column attributeName where sometimes the source record is "" does not get evaluated as NULL.
load data
infile 'mydata.del'
badfile 'mydata.bad'
discardfile 'mydata.dsc'
into table mydata
fields terminated by "," optionally enclosed by '"'
   TRAILING NULLCOLS
(l_metadata,
company,
className,
attributeName "decode(:vc_attributeName,null, 'none')",
attributeDefault)
{code}
When I tried decode with "", I received the following error:
{code}SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line 11.
Expecting "," or ")", found ", 'none')".
attributeName "decode(:vc_attributeName,"", 'none')", {code}
This does not work either:
{code}
load data
infile 'mydata.del'
badfile 'mydata.bad'
discardfile 'mydata.dsc'
into table mydata
fields terminated by "," optionally enclosed by '"'
   TRAILING NULLCOLS
(l_metadata,
company,
className,
attributeName NULLIF attributeName = BLANKS ,"decode(:vc_attributeName,null, 'none')",
attributeDefault) I get the following in the log:
Table COMPANYMETADATA, loaded from every logical record.
Insert option in effect for this table: INSERT
TRAILING NULLCOLS option in effect
   Column Name                  Position   Len Term Encl Datatype
L_METADATA                          FIRST     *   , O(") CHARACTER
COMPANY                            NEXT     *   , O(") CHARACTER
CLASSNAME                         NEXT     *   , O(") CHARACTER
ATTRIBUTENAME                     NEXT     *   , O(") CHARACTER
    NULL if ATTRIBUTENAME = BLANKS
    SQL string for column : "decode(:attributeName,null, 'none')"
ATTRIBUTEDEFAULT                  NEXT     *   , O(") CHARACTER
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table COMPANYMETADATA, column ATTRIBUTENAME.
ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("SRV5"."COMPANYMETADATA"."ATTRIBUTENAME")
{code}
Any help is appreciated -
Edited by: kpw on Feb 9, 2009 11:10 AM

Hello,
I just loaded following data successfully in my_data table using the same control file I posted. Yes it will evaluate "" as null and replace with none, remember in control file you have this option, "optionally enclosed by '"'.
#my_data.dat
"myname1", "attribname1"
"myname2", "attribname2"
"myname3", "attribname3"
"myname4", ""
#my_data.ctl
load data
into table my_data
fields terminated by "," optionally enclosed by '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
my_name char(30),
vc_attributeName "decode(:vc_attributeName,null, 'none', :vc_attributeName)"
{code}
Here is the output log file
{code}
Control File:   my_data.ctl
Data File:      mydata.dat
Bad File:     mydata.bad
Discard File: none specified
(Allow all discards)
Number to load: ALL
Number to skip: 0
Errors allowed: 50
Bind array:     64 rows, maximum of 256000 bytes
Continuation:    none specified
Path used:      Conventional
Table MY_DATA, loaded from every logical record.
Insert option in effect for this table: INSERT
TRAILING NULLCOLS option in effect
   Column Name                  Position   Len Term Encl Datatype
MY_NAME                             FIRST    30   , O(") CHARACTER
VC_ATTRIBUTENAME                     NEXT     *   , O(") CHARACTER
    SQL string for column : "decode(:vc_attributeName,null, 'none', :vc_attributeName)"
Table MY_DATA:
4 Rows successfully loaded.
0 Rows not loaded due to data errors.
0 Rows not loaded because all WHEN clauses were failed.
0 Rows not loaded because all fields were null.
Space allocated for bind array:                  18560 bytes(64 rows)
Read   buffer bytes: 1048576
Total logical records skipped:          0
Total logical records read:             4
Total logical records rejected:         0
Total logical records discarded:        0
Run began on Mon Feb 09 18:17:35 2009
Run ended on Mon Feb 09 18:17:36 2009
Elapsed time was:     00:00:00.98
CPU time was:         00:00:00.10
{code}
Hope this helps clearing your dobuts
Regards

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