DOC: Help File Example for SELECT SQL UNION Does Not Work

Last reviewed: January 8, 1997
Article ID: Q148249

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b

SUMMARY

Visual FoxPro's Help information for SELECT - SQL gives an incorrect example of how to use the UNION clause. It will return the following error if you try to run it:

   SELECTs are not UNION compatible

This documentation error has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

The placeholders for orders.order_id and orders.emp_id in the second SELECT are for the wrong data type. The placeholders are for numeric fields and they should be for character fields. The example should read as follows:

   SELECT customer.company, orders.order_id, orders.emp_id ;
      FROM customer, orders ;
      WHERE customer.cust_id = orders.cust_id ;
   UNION ;
      SELECT customer.company, '', '' ;
      FROM customer ;
      WHERE customer.cust_id NOT IN ;
      (SELECT orders.cust_id FROM orders)

KBCategory: kbprg kbdocerr kbdocfix
KBSubcategory: FxotherDochelp
Additional reference words: docerr 3.00 3.00b VFoxWin 5.00

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Last reviewed: January 8, 1997
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