Is there a way within crystal reports to select all records not equal to the 000 in this string of data "H,HB,0162,000,4216,13"
The only part of that string that I care about is the 000. Is there a way to have cystal reports look at the three 000's only so that I can tell it to only return records where the value is not 000.
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Here is what I entered:
{PUItem.Alloc} <> "InStr(000') = 0"
It accepts this but it doesn't do anything to help me, same records are being returned. I am new to crystal reports so it could be all me.
To answer your questions
000 will not appear anywhere else in the string. I am not sure where you are seeing 11?
* is a wildcard so it will look for the 000 sequence anywhere within the string.
There is a mid command but it requires that you know the position of the sought value.
Those are zeroes, not the letter O, correct?
Where are you trying these?
You'll want this in the record selection:
NOT ({PUItem.Alloc} LIKE "*000*")
note: these are zeroes
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by: mlmccPosted on 2009-11-05 at 13:24:06ID: 25754208
Could you have ,000, anywhere else in the string?
If not then a select formula like
InStr('{YourField},'000') = 0
Will it always start at character 11?
If so then use
InStr('{YourField},'000') <> 11
mlmcc