RE: How to read and or statement

These are two different conditions. They do not do the same thing at all. If the second is what is required, the first won't work for you, and vice verse.

Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Date: 11/16/2010 09:20AM
Subject: RE: How to read and or statement

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Charles Wilt

With good long names and proper usage of constants, I don't
see it as being harder to read.


Consider
   SELECT;
 WHEN Customer.Type = 'A';
   ...
 WHEN  (Customer.Type = 'B'
                 or Customer.Type = 'C'
                 or Customer.type = 'D')
         and Customer.isTaxable = 'Y'
   ...
 OTHER;
   ...
ENDSL;

Charles, I don't have a problem with your example. I've also done similar things, but...

Consider
   SELECT;
 WHEN Customer.Type = 'A';
   ...
 WHEN  Customer.isTaxable = 'Y';
   ...
 WHEN  (Customer.Type = 'B'
                 or Customer.Type = 'C'
                 or Customer.type = 'D')
   ...
 OTHER;
   ...
ENDSL;

coded this way, I find it misleading.