Using OI 3.2 and Revelation Reporter 3.2
Part of the dictionary for table DONORS is:
DONOR_NUMBER
PROJECT
LAST_DONATION_DATE
DONOR_NAME
The Revelation Reporter query states WITH PROJECT=CODE1" AND
WITH LAST_DONATION_DATE ]= "1-JAN-96"
The reporter displays the results as:
248 Fred Bloggs 1/12/98 CODE4
11/8/95 CODE12/23/94 CODE3The third column is LAST_DONATION_DATE and the last column is
PROJECT. As you can see, DONOR_NUMBER (key) 248 should not have
been selected as the CODE1 project was prior to 1-JAN-96.
Obviously the key 248 was selected because of the date 1/12/98, (another project). I understand how the key item (248) was returned from the query, as OI doesn't view key selection on a "corresponding MV" basis, in the manner that AREV does, however the LAST_DONATION_DATE MV Options are set to:
* Treat as multiple records
* Return only values that match criteria
as are the MV options for column PROJECT ?
I have even tried putting the LIMIT clause in the Rev Reporter
query specifications, but errors were found in the syntax. Also, I have searched through the information on RR for MV reporting. One article:
] Subject: Reporter scrambles null MV fields
] Category: Reporter Specific
] Author: Lewis Richmond
] Date: 04/09/97 02:17 PM
] We have found that Reporter cannot handle multi-valued fields where ] some of the multi-values are null.
Therefore, I have checked all the data and ensured that there are no null values. Is there a patch for this, or a later version of RR than 3.2 ?
Peter