Parsing error

[sanchoniathon]

Hello to all,

I'M getting a parsing error while trying to apply the following logic in the data item:
[date] >= _add_months(?pDate?, -CAST(?pMonths?,INTEGER))

Or while trying the following logic:

If ([date] = _add_months (?pDate?, - ?pMonths? ))
Then ( [Total Sales] )
Else (0)

Or while trying the following logic:

[date] between _add_months(#prompt('pDate','token')#, -1* #prompt('pMonths','token')#) and (_add_months(#prompt('pDate','token')#, #prompt('pMonths','token')#))

Or while trying this:

[date] between _add_months(#prompt('?pDate?','token')#, -1* #prompt('?pMonths?','token')#) and (_add_months(#prompt('?pDate?','token')#, #prompt('?pMonths?','token')#))


Am i missing something like doing a cast on the [date] column ? Or something like it ?

Thank you all for any fast reply!

[bdbits]

Is [date] actually a date? If not, then you need to cast it.

Same with pDate - it needs to be a date as an argument to _add_months().

[sanchoniathon]

yes [date] is of type DATE TIME and yes pData is a CALENDAR GREGORIAN prompt type.

[Lynn]

Why don't you try simplifying the expression to get the correct syntax and then add in the necessary complexity bit by bit to isolate where you are going wrong.

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[date] >= _add_months(current_date, -3)


then

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[date] >= _add_months(?pDate?, -3)


then

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[date] >= _add_months(?pDate?, ?pMonths?)


then

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[date] >= _add_months(?pDate?, ?pMonths? * -1)


Ah, bdbits got there first with a more concise answer :)

[sanchoniathon]

Thank you all ... simple comma that i needed to replace by a semiolon ( ; )