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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Is your BYGGINV_2 an integer/double/etc field or is it a
string? As far as I know length only works on a string.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Martin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kratz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> SV: [mapguide-users] Need help with IF-statment in Tool Tip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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is the error message:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";
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text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";
color:red'>Error: </span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'>Argument
types for function 'If' are mismatched. Click here to move the cursor to the
error (1)#1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";
color:red'>Error: Result types are mismatched: the validation operation
expected 'Text' but the expression returned 'Unknown'</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>It’s the same whether I use</span><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'>
</span></b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0'>If (
LENGTH(BYGGINV_2) > 0, BYGGINV_2 , 0)</span></u><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span>or <u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:#0070C0'>If ( LENGTH(BYGGINV_2) > 0, BYGGINV_2 , ' ' )</span></u><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='color:#0070C0'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I
get the feeling that the problem is LENGTH(BYGGINV_2) > 0 but I cant
understand how ?<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Från:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> JamesDudden [via
OSGeo.org] [mailto:<a
href="http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=3986496&i=0"
target="_top">[hidden email]</a>] <br>
<b>Skickat:</b> den 11 november 2009 13:31<br>
<b>Till:</b> Kratz Fredrik - SBF<br>
<b>Ämne:</b> Re: [mapguide-users] Need help with IF-statment in Tool Tip</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>What
does the error say? It normally points to which bit is wrong. <br>
<br>
Is it the empty string? <br>
Try putting a 0 instead like this: <br>
If ( LENGTH(BYGGINV_2) > 0, BYGGINV_2 , 0) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Kratz
wrote:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi!
<br>
<br>
I need help writing a correct string with an if-statement. <br>
<br>
Trying to determine whether an attribute contains any value(string) or not. <br>
<br>
Why doesn't this string work? <br>
<br>
If ( LENGTH(BYGGINV_2) > 0, BYGGINV_2 , ' ' ) <br>
<br>
<br>
Default: <br>
If ( [condition], [trueValue], [falseValue] ) <o:p></o:p></p>
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