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Quote kezza Replybullet Topic: Formula error with NULL result
     Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 1:41am
Hello everyone,

I have a report with a formula field. But when this field is NULL (empty) i want  to show a result of another formula.

So by the Display String I have made the following formula, but then I get the error  "A statement is expected here"

Here is the formula:
if {@formula1} ="" then {@formula2}
else {@formula1}

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Quote Gurbs Replybullet Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 2:01am
if isnull({@formula1}) then {@formula2}
else {@formula1}
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Quote kezza Replybullet Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 2:26am
Thank you, but I still get the error. I'm using Basic Syntax
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Quote Gurbs Replybullet Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 2:40am
try changing to it crystal syntax?
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Quote kezza Replybullet Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 2:56am
Then I get the error: the formula result must be a string
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Quote Gurbs Replybullet Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 3:10am
is the result of {@formula2} a string, and {@formula1} something else?

You can fix that by changing the formula to:
if isnull({@formula1}) then {@formula2}
else totext({@formula1})
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Quote kezza Replybullet Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 4:09am
They are both numberfields. The formula you mentioned won't work either. Error: a number is required here
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Quote Gurbs Replybullet Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 4:17am
Okay ignore the last part (to totext).
When you are getting the error message, is it referring you to part of the formula?
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Quote kezza Replybullet Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 4:35am
When i ignore the last part i get "the formula result must be a string" It's not referring to a part of the formula
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 21 Aug 2014 at 8:16am
what is the syntax for formula1 and formula2?
and if they referance more formula please include those.
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