Hi all,

I am having a problem with the browse object not seeming to work properly.

It will return ALL records just fine, however I never seem to get any records returned when I try to search by any of the search fields.

For instance if I launch the browse dialog and hit Enter it returns all rows however if I try to filter by name starts with A it returns no results. Any ideas on what i mat be missing?

Thanks

Hi Nikki

Hi Nikki

Hi Nikki

(Third Time lucky)

Check that advanced options are made available and ensure that the search field is set to "Beginswith" - see the browse dialog help.

This will effectively ensure that a LIKE comparison is performed instead of an equals. If you don't, it will look for a value that is exactly equal to "A" instead of LIKE "A%".

HTH

-=Gary

Hi Nikki

Ensure that the field selection is set to "Beginswith". This will ensure that the query uses a LIKE "A%" or similar as opposed to an = "A". Checkout the BrowseDialog help in the guide which makes reference to this.

HTH

-=Gary

Gary is correct, the first place to look is the BeginsWith that is set within the SearchFields property of the BrowseDialog control.  SQL commands are dynamically created based on the Advanced options that are active for each search field.  If no value is entered within a search field, no WHERE clause is added for the field.  So if you enter something in the field, it will use the Advanced option (even if you do not allow the end-user to change the advanced option) to build that segment of the WHERE clause. 

I believe that is how i have it set up. Here are a few screen shots that hopefully illustrate the settings I have.

Actually you need to go a little deeper to get to the BeginsWith option.  Selection your SearchFields property and then clik the "..." next to it.  This will bring up an editor.  Select your search field, and then click the edit button, this will bring up the window in question   It will look something like this:

Make sure that the BeginsWith is set and that it is not set to equals or something of that nature.  Hope this helps.

That is exactly how it is set. Just to make sure here is a shot of that window. If I run the following Query in Sql Server it return the expected results.  

SELECT    *
                 FROM         customer
WHERE     (cuname LIKE 'A%')

You can turn on SQL debugging to see what the actual SQL statement is when executing the browse.  Why don't we do that and see what is going on behind the scenes.  To turn on SQL debugging add the following code:

AppMain.vb or program.cs

MicroFour.StrataFrame.Data.DataLayer.DataSources(0).DebugMode = True

This will turn on the debugging and will bring up a window each time an SQL query is executed.  So be patient as you get to the browse dialog.  The window will look something like this: