Re: Strange behaviour of case

Michael Krzepkowski wrote: > Running on Suse 9.0, IDS 9.40, RDS 7.32UC1 > > The following code example always displays "other". > The value retrieved by select is '3' (one char) > > Works fine with 7.20UD7 on sco. > > database master_db > define g_one_char char(1) > MAIN > case lib() > when '1' > display 'one' > when '2' > display 'two' > when '3' > display 'three' > when '9' > display 'error' > otherwise > display 'other' > end case > END MAIN > FUNCTION lib() > define ret_val char(1) > select orders_by into ret_val > from global > return ret_val > END FUNCTION > > > Is this a known bug? Should I log a call? > > TIA > > Michael > > To eliminate any possible issues with the select statements here is a much simpler version: > MAIN > case lib() > when '1' > display 'one' > when '2' > display 'two' > when '3' > display 'three' > when '9' > display 'error' > otherwise > display 'other' > end case > END MAIN > FUNCTION lib() > define ret_val char(1) > let ret_val = '3' > return ret_val > END FUNCTION I always get "other" displayed. Michael