DOCUMENT:Q109583  05-FEB-2000  [foxpro]
TITLE   :PRB: SQL SELECT Causes ICE or "Invalid Function Argument..."
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:MACINTOSH:2.5b; MS-DOS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b; WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kberrmsg

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
 - Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b 
 - Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b 
 - Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b 
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The following SQL SELECT statement causes an "Internal Consistency Error" in
FoxPro for Windows and FoxPro for MS-DOS. In FoxPro for Macintosh, the SELECT
statement causes the error message "Invalid function argument value, type, or
count."

This code creates the tables on which to perform the SELECT statement:

      CREATE TABLE customer ;
         ( cno C(5), company C(35), contact C(20), ;
         address C(30), city C(15), state C(2), zip C(5), ;
         phone C(12), ono C(1), ytdpurch N(8,2), lat N(7,4), ;
         long N(8,4) )

      CREATE TABLE invoices ;
         ( ino N(4), cno C(5), idate D, itotal N(8), ;
         salesman C(3) )

      CREATE TABLE detail ;
         ( ino N(6), cno C(5), LINE N(4), qty N(4), ;
         pno C(5), price N(8), ltotal N(8) )

      INSERT INTO customer (cno, company, contact, address, ;
         city, state, zip, ;
         phone, ono, ytdpurch, lat, long) ;
         VALUES ('a123', '1st Company', 'No Name', 'One Microsoft Way', ;
         'Redmond', 'WA', '98052', '1206123456', '1', ;
         1000.99, 100.999, 100.999)

      INSERT INTO invoices (ino, cno, idate, itotal, salesman) ;
         VALUES (9999, 'A123', {09/01/93}, 1000.99, 'Bob')

      INSERT INTO detail (ino, LINE, qty, pno, price, ltotal) ;
         VALUES (9999, 1234, 2,'B6722', 27.99, 57.98)

   This is the code that produces the error:

      SELECT IIF(customer.cno = invoices.cno,SPACE(8),;
         one(detail.ino, company, lat)) AS test;
         FROM customer,invoices,detail;
         INTO CURSOR two;
         WHERE customer.cno = invoices.cno;
         ORDER BY 1

      PROCEDURE one
      PARAMETERS A,B,C
      RETURN SPACE(8)

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Keywords          : kberrmsg 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbFoxPro250bMac kbFoxPro250DOS kbFoxPro250aDOS kbFoxPro250bDOS kbFoxPro250 kbFoxPro250a kbFoxPro250b kbVFP300
Version           : MACINTOSH:2.5b; MS-DOS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b; WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0

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