Trouble with SQL Expressions

Question

Hello everyone,
I'm having trouble with this SQL expression that works in 8.5, and XI R2 runtime and designer, but I cannot edit the expression.  As soon as I open the SQL Expression and click the X-2 check button, the error following
SQL Expression I'm trying to run:
(Select Distinct b1.CandEmploymentType
    from ceistaffing a1
    inner join ceisubmittal b1 on a1.submittalid = b1.ceisubmittalid
Where a1.Staffingchainid = CEIHRPROJECTEDACTUAL."STAFFINGCHAINID"
    and b1.createdate in (Select max(b2.createdate) from ceistaffing a2 inner join ceisubmittal b2 on a2.submittalid = b2.ceisubmittalid where a2.staffingchainid = a1.staffingchainid))
The Errror I Receive After Clicking the X-2 button:
Crystal Reports
Error in compiling SQL Expression :
Failed to retrieve data from the database.
Details: ADO Error Code: 0x
Source: SalesLogix OLE DB Provider
Description: The multi-part identifier "CEIHRPROJECTEDACTUAL.STAFFINGCHAINID" could not be bound.
Native Error:  [Database Vendor Code: 181797304 ].
OK  
This is the SQL statement passed to the database:
SELECT (Select Distinct b1.CandEmploymentType
from ceistaffing a1
inner join ceisubmittal b1 on a1.submittalid = b1.ceisubmittalid
Where a1.Staffingchainid = CEIHRPROJECTEDACTUAL."STAFFINGCHAINID"
and b1.createdate in (Select max(b2.createdate) from ceistaffing a2 inner join ceisubmittal b2 on a2.submittalid = b2.ceisubmittalid where a2.staffingchainid = a1.staffingchainid))
If I reverse the order of the where clause as follows, I do not get the error
(Select Distinct b1.CandEmploymentType
from ceistaffing a1
inner join ceisubmittal b1 on a1.submittalid = b1.ceisubmittalid
Where CEIHRPROJECTEDACTUAL."STAFFINGCHAINID" = a1.Staffingchainid
and b1.createdate in (Select max(b2.createdate) from ceistaffing a2 inner join ceisubmittal b2 on a2.submittalid = b2.ceisubmittalid where a2.staffingchainid = a1.staffingchainid))
This is the working SQL statement passed to the database.
SELECT (Select Distinct b1.CandEmploymentType
from ceistaffing a1
inner join ceisubmittal b1 on a1.submittalid = b1.ceisubmittalid
Where CEIHRPROJECTEDACTUAL."STAFFINGCHAINID" = a1.Staffingchainid
and b1.createdate in (Select max(b2.createdate) from ceistaffing a2 inner join ceisubmittal b2 on a2.submittalid = b2.ceisubmittalid where a2.staffingchainid = a1.staffingchainid))
FROM   "sysdba"."CEIHRPROJECTEDACTUAL" "CEIHRPROJECTEDACTUAL"
I figured I would just reverse the where clause statements, but then I came to this one that I couldn't get to work:
(Select case when tmp.restartcount = 0 then 'F' else 'T' end from
(Select Count(b.restart) as restartcount from ceistaffing a inner join ceihrprojectedactual b on a.staffingchainid = b.staffingchainid
where a.candcontactid = (Select distinct candcontactid from ceistaffing a2 where a2.staffingchainid = CEIHRPROJECTEDACTUAL."STAFFINGCHAINID")
and b.restart = 'T'
and a.createdate = (Select min(a1.createdate) from ceistaffing a1
               where a1.createdate > (Select max(a3.createdate)
                              from ceistaffing a3
                              where a3.staffingchainid = CEIHRPROJECTEDACTUAL."STAFFINGCHAINID")
               and a1.candcontactid = a.candcontactid)) as tmp )
I've burned an entire day trying to find some solution.  Are there any patches out there that will fix this?
I'm running Crystal Report XI Release 2 SP2 - Version 11.5.8.826
Thank you, ...Rob

Answer 1

Okay, to simplify the illustration of the problem Iu2019m facing, Iu2019ve created a bare bones example as described below:
I've created a report that returns all contacts from our "CONTACT" table.  On the report, I've created a SQL expression to return a count of all contacts with the similar last name, as shown below:
(Select count(a1.ContactID) from CONTACT a1 where a1.LASTNAME = "CONTACT"."LASTNAME")
When I try to save the SQL expression,  I get this error:
Crystal Reports
Error in compiling SQL Expression :
Failed to retrieve data from the database.
Details: ADO Error Code: 0x
Source: SalesLogix OLE DB Provider
Description: The multi-part identifier "CONTACT.LASTNAME" could not be bound.
Native Error:  [Database Vendor Code: 205193720 ].
OK  
This SQL expression works fine in CRW 8.5, but no luck in XI R2 SP4 - As mentioned above in the thread, this seems to be an issue solely with how XI R2 is parsing the SQL Expression.  If I remove the "A1" alias from my expression all is good, but that will not work for some of the more advanced SQL expressions I have that are using joins and sub queries.
What will it take to get this recognized as an issue worthy of a hot fix?  I'm at a stand-still here, facing the unfortunate possibility of having to re-architect many of my reports.  Please help.
Thank you, ...Rob
Edited by: Rob Bartram on Aug 6, 2008 3:45 PM