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NIL defined: the absence of a value. NIL is not NULL. NULL is a value. NIL is nothing or no value. NIL can be represented by an empty string: "".

To check for NIL I usually evaluate like this:

IF{@discharge.date_.="." "";1}

To do that in the NPR report select required a custom xx.field on the report picture.

To simplify your SELECT in the NPR report selects screen:

- set select field to: discharge.date
- set operator to: NE
- set prompt/value to: ""

Wow... much nicer than a custom field in the select.


.: This applies to NPR Report Writing :.

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