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  • K Kevin Marois

    I'm converting an MS Access app to C# & SQL Server. Here's part of an Access query I just came across:

    IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="R",
    IIf(TX.TX_MOSTYPE="P",
    IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","PO Receipt",
    IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","PO Receipt Hold","Other")),
    IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","WIP Receipt",
    IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","WIP Hold","Other"))),
    IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="I",IIf(ISNULL(RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)) Or RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)="","Shipment Return","Reverse Issue"),
    IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS=TX.TX_DEST_STATUS,"Loc Transfer",
    IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN="SCRAPPED","Reverse Scrap",
    IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="J","Count Adj Up",
    IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="D","PN Change To",
    IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="I","Reverse Unplanned Issue",
    IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="A" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","Hold",
    IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="U" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","Off Hold","Other"))))))))) AS [Transaction Type]

    You'll notice that

    TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A"

    is being evaluated more than once. Go figure

    Everything makes sense in someone's mind

    moved on Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:54 AM

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    pawelchooch
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    I've seen Garbage like this before, it usually happens when engineers pretend to be programmers... I laugh at inappropriate times

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    • K Kevin Marois

      I'm converting an MS Access app to C# & SQL Server. Here's part of an Access query I just came across:

      IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="R",
      IIf(TX.TX_MOSTYPE="P",
      IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","PO Receipt",
      IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","PO Receipt Hold","Other")),
      IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","WIP Receipt",
      IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","WIP Hold","Other"))),
      IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="I",IIf(ISNULL(RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)) Or RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)="","Shipment Return","Reverse Issue"),
      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS=TX.TX_DEST_STATUS,"Loc Transfer",
      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN="SCRAPPED","Reverse Scrap",
      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="J","Count Adj Up",
      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="D","PN Change To",
      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="I","Reverse Unplanned Issue",
      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="A" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","Hold",
      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="U" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","Off Hold","Other"))))))))) AS [Transaction Type]

      You'll notice that

      TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A"

      is being evaluated more than once. Go figure

      Everything makes sense in someone's mind

      moved on Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:54 AM

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      Muneeb R Baig
      wrote on last edited by
      #8

      As you wrote:

      Everything makes sense in someone's mind

      -muneeb A thing of beauty is the joy forever.

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      • K Kevin Marois

        I'm converting an MS Access app to C# & SQL Server. Here's part of an Access query I just came across:

        IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="R",
        IIf(TX.TX_MOSTYPE="P",
        IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","PO Receipt",
        IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","PO Receipt Hold","Other")),
        IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","WIP Receipt",
        IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","WIP Hold","Other"))),
        IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="I",IIf(ISNULL(RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)) Or RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)="","Shipment Return","Reverse Issue"),
        IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS=TX.TX_DEST_STATUS,"Loc Transfer",
        IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN="SCRAPPED","Reverse Scrap",
        IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="J","Count Adj Up",
        IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="D","PN Change To",
        IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="I","Reverse Unplanned Issue",
        IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="A" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","Hold",
        IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="U" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","Off Hold","Other"))))))))) AS [Transaction Type]

        You'll notice that

        TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A"

        is being evaluated more than once. Go figure

        Everything makes sense in someone's mind

        moved on Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:54 AM

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        Jorgen Andersson
        wrote on last edited by
        #9

        Looks to me like a repeated event of technically challenged boss entering the room of a stressed halfwit programmer shouting: We need to add this NOW!

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        • T thrakazog

          I think step 1 is to delete it and then ask what the original intention was.

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          GibbleCH
          wrote on last edited by
          #10

          This is where you write a bank of unit tests, based on the input/output of this clause. Then refactor ensuring all tests keep passing.

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          • K Kevin Marois

            I'm converting an MS Access app to C# & SQL Server. Here's part of an Access query I just came across:

            IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="R",
            IIf(TX.TX_MOSTYPE="P",
            IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","PO Receipt",
            IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","PO Receipt Hold","Other")),
            IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","WIP Receipt",
            IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","WIP Hold","Other"))),
            IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="I",IIf(ISNULL(RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)) Or RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)="","Shipment Return","Reverse Issue"),
            IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS=TX.TX_DEST_STATUS,"Loc Transfer",
            IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN="SCRAPPED","Reverse Scrap",
            IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="J","Count Adj Up",
            IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="D","PN Change To",
            IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="I","Reverse Unplanned Issue",
            IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="A" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","Hold",
            IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="U" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","Off Hold","Other"))))))))) AS [Transaction Type]

            You'll notice that

            TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A"

            is being evaluated more than once. Go figure

            Everything makes sense in someone's mind

            moved on Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:54 AM

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            IT_Guy 1
            wrote on last edited by
            #11

            Holy sh*t...thats just horrific man. :) as long as I don't encounter that ever! :laugh:

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            • K Kevin Marois

              I was able to clean it up a bit more, although it took awhile.

              CASE WHEN TX.TX_TYPE = 'R' AND TX.TX_MOSTYPE = 'P' AND TX.TX_DEST_STATUS = 'A' THEN 'PO Receipt'
              WHEN TX.TX_TYPE = 'R' AND TX.TX_MOSTYPE = 'P' AND TX.TX_DEST_STATUS = 'U' THEN 'PO Receipt Hold'
              WHEN TX.TX_TYPE = 'R' AND TX.TX_MOSTYPE = 'P' THEN 'Other'
              WHEN TX.TX_TYPE = 'R' AND TX.TX_DEST_STATUS = 'A' THEN 'WIP Receipt'
              WHEN TX.TX_TYPE = 'R' AND TX.TX_DEST_STATUS = 'U' THEN 'WIP Hold'
              WHEN TX.TX_TYPE = 'R' THEN 'Other'
              WHEN TX.TX_TYPE = 'I' AND ISNULL(RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB),'') = '' THEN 'Shipment Return'
              WHEN TX.TX_TYPE = 'I' THEN 'Reverse Issue'
              WHEN TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS = TX.TX_DEST_STATUS THEN 'Loc Transfer'
              WHEN TX.TX_ORIGIN = 'SCRAPPED' THEN 'Reverse Scrap'
              WHEN TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS = 'J' THEN 'Count Adj Up'
              WHEN TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS = 'D' THEN 'PN Change To'
              WHEN TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS = 'I' THEN 'Reverse Unplanned Issue'
              WHEN TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS = 'A' AND TX.TX_DEST_STATUS = 'U' THEN 'Hold'
              WHEN TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS = 'U' AND TX.TX_DEST_STATUS = 'A' THEN 'Off Hold' ELSE 'Other'
              END AS Transaction_Type

              Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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              ddecoy
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              #12

              Nice to see people with some extra time on their hands :-\

              Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. (Confucius)

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              • K Kevin Marois

                I'm converting an MS Access app to C# & SQL Server. Here's part of an Access query I just came across:

                IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="R",
                IIf(TX.TX_MOSTYPE="P",
                IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","PO Receipt",
                IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","PO Receipt Hold","Other")),
                IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","WIP Receipt",
                IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","WIP Hold","Other"))),
                IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="I",IIf(ISNULL(RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)) Or RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)="","Shipment Return","Reverse Issue"),
                IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS=TX.TX_DEST_STATUS,"Loc Transfer",
                IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN="SCRAPPED","Reverse Scrap",
                IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="J","Count Adj Up",
                IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="D","PN Change To",
                IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="I","Reverse Unplanned Issue",
                IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="A" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","Hold",
                IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="U" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","Off Hold","Other"))))))))) AS [Transaction Type]

                You'll notice that

                TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A"

                is being evaluated more than once. Go figure

                Everything makes sense in someone's mind

                moved on Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:54 AM

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                megaadam
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                #13

                This dude is clearly a Lisp-genius, stuck with the wrong programming languge. What a pity!

                ........................ Life is too shor

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                • A Andrew Rissing

                  Btw, this looks more like a coding horror than 'wicked code'. ;P

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                  sashoalm
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                  #14

                  It's in the coding horrors section. Or was the topic moved later with all the replies? I didn't think it was possible to do so in codeproject.

                  There is sufficient light for those who desire to see, and there is sufficient darkness for those of a contrary disposition. Blaise Pascal

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                  • S sashoalm

                    It's in the coding horrors section. Or was the topic moved later with all the replies? I didn't think it was possible to do so in codeproject.

                    There is sufficient light for those who desire to see, and there is sufficient darkness for those of a contrary disposition. Blaise Pascal

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                    Andrew Rissing
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #15

                    It was moved.

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                    • K Kevin Marois

                      I'm converting an MS Access app to C# & SQL Server. Here's part of an Access query I just came across:

                      IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="R",
                      IIf(TX.TX_MOSTYPE="P",
                      IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","PO Receipt",
                      IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","PO Receipt Hold","Other")),
                      IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","WIP Receipt",
                      IIf(TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","WIP Hold","Other"))),
                      IIf(TX.TX_TYPE="I",IIf(ISNULL(RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)) Or RTRIM(TX.TX_MOSJOB)="","Shipment Return","Reverse Issue"),
                      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS=TX.TX_DEST_STATUS,"Loc Transfer",
                      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN="SCRAPPED","Reverse Scrap",
                      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="J","Count Adj Up",
                      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="D","PN Change To",
                      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="I","Reverse Unplanned Issue",
                      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="A" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="U","Hold",
                      IIf(TX.TX_ORIGIN_STATUS="U" And TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A","Off Hold","Other"))))))))) AS [Transaction Type]

                      You'll notice that

                      TX.TX_DEST_STATUS="A"

                      is being evaluated more than once. Go figure

                      Everything makes sense in someone's mind

                      moved on Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:54 AM

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                      Wamuti
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                      #16

                      I think he meant to make a Ladder; Only that it's lying on the wrong wall :laugh:

                      Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

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