Re: [dabo-users] Report: Break group on more than one variable

On 1/2/12 4:21 AM, Nate Lowrie wrote:

> On 12/30/2011 12:30 PM, Paul McNett wrote:

>> > On 12/29/11 11:57 AM, Nate Lowrie wrote:

>>> >> Also, can I repeat a certain group a set number of times based

>>> >> on a field? Or would I have to expand it out in SQL to multiple row sets?

>> > Give me a real-world example to understand what you are doing. Not sure what you mean

>> > by 'repeat a group'. The group will print as long as the group expression evaluates

>> > identically to the prior record. Theoretically, you should be able to repeat the same

>> > group as long as there's a non-matching record in between, but I'm not sure that's

>> > even what you were getting at.

> My real world example was printing out kit BOMs with an order packing

> slip based upon order lines. So, if they ordered 3 of kit A and 5 of

> kit B, the report would get the order line/product/product bom

> de-normalized table and be able to repeat the group on Kit A 3 times and

> Kit B 5 times.

No, I guess there's no way to repeat a group like you describe. I'll have to put that

in the hopper and consider it for a while before doing anything.

Paul

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