Re: Order of SUBSTR and UPPER in statement

Michael Fuhr schrieb:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 04:48:33PM +0100, Hermann Muster wrote:
>
>> Michael Fuhr schrieb:
>>
>>>> COALESCE(UPPER(SUBSTR("X"."Firma",1,7)) =
>>>>
>>> I haven't examined the entire query but the above line appears to
>>> be the problem. Did you mean to write the following?
>>>
>>> COALESCE(UPPER(SUBSTR("X"."Firma",1,7)),'') =
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, that's what I wanted to write. However, it only works when I change
>> the order of UPPER and SUBSTR in the statement.
>>
>
> I still don't believe that order of UPPER and SUBSTR is relevant
> to the syntax error. Please post two complete queries, one with
> the order that works and one with the order that doesn't.
>
>
I'm terribly sorry, I found the mistake in my expression. There was one
bracket missing. That's why the one expression worked and the other
didn't. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Regards,
Hermann