I am having a problem where a query produces different results based on whether it's run in VFP 8 or VFP 9. Here is the query :
SELECT DISTINCT gage.gageno, gage.loc, gage.lastused, gage.duedate, gage.outofserv, gage.gagedesc, gage.customer, gagepart.partno
FROM gage LEFT JOIN gagepart ON ALLTRIM(gage.gageno) = ALLTRIM(gagepart.gageno)
WHERE LEFT(gage.gageno,6) == '13-01-' INTO CURSOR fred
The following are settings in both versions :
ANSI = OFF
EXACT = OFF
ENGINEBEHAVIOR = 70
When run in 9, the query includes a record where the GAGEPART table contains a record with a blank gageno field. When run in 8, it does not. I know I could rectify this by replacing the = in the JOIN clause with a ==, but I'm looking for the reason why this happens. Is there some other setting I need to look at ?
Any insight here would be appreciated.
SELECT DISTINCT gage.gageno, gage.loc, gage.lastused, gage.duedate, gage.outofserv, gage.gagedesc, gage.customer, gagepart.partno
FROM gage LEFT JOIN gagepart ON ALLTRIM(gage.gageno) = ALLTRIM(gagepart.gageno)
WHERE LEFT(gage.gageno,6) == '13-01-' INTO CURSOR fred
The following are settings in both versions :
ANSI = OFF
EXACT = OFF
ENGINEBEHAVIOR = 70
When run in 9, the query includes a record where the GAGEPART table contains a record with a blank gageno field. When run in 8, it does not. I know I could rectify this by replacing the = in the JOIN clause with a ==, but I'm looking for the reason why this happens. Is there some other setting I need to look at ?
Any insight here would be appreciated.