DOCUMENT:Q191698  12-AUG-1999  [foxpro]
TITLE   :BUG: View Parameter Cannot Be Removed From Parameters List
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:

======================================================================
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

In a SQL View that has only one parameter, deleting the parameter through the
Parameter's list in the View Designer does not delete the parameter.

RESOLUTION
==========

Delete the parameter using the following code:

      DBSETPROP('testview','view','parameterlist','')

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
================

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
---------------------------

1. Run the following code in the Command window, or a program file:

         CREATE DATA test1
         CREATE TABLE tbl1 (fld1 c(10),fld2 c(10))
         CREATE SQL VIEW testview AS SELECT * FROM tbl1 WHERE fld1 = ?Param1
         DBSETPROP("testview","view","parameterlist","Param1,'C'")

2. Modify the View "testview" in the View Designer.

3. From the Query menu, choose View Parameters.

4. Click the button to the left of the parameter to select the parameter.

5. Click the Delete button.

6. Close the View Parameters dialog box.

7. Save and close the view.

8. Modify the view in the View Designer.

9. Look at the parameters list in the View Parameters dialog box.

Note that the parameter is listed when it should not be.

Additional query words: kbVFp600bug kbDesigner kbVFp600

======================================================================
Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.  MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  IN NO
EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF
MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.