Logical Tests Using OR in Crystal Reports

Consider these two formulas in Crystal Reports:

One would think that these two should behave the same, right? In fact, the results are different if Table.Value is null. In the first case, “if isnull({Table.Value}) gets evaluated first. Since … Continue reading

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Update Across Joined Tables in MySQL

I had to do a MySQL update on records that were retrieved from a two-table join today. I shouldn’t have been surprised to find that I needed a different syntax than I know from MS SQL, where I would write, … Continue reading

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