Custom Entity - Yes or No

Hi @dfsjmarchant, 

I'm unsure if this will completely cover every situation. I will describe 2 options.

Option 1:

If you want to stick to the 0/1:

I'm assuming that there will only be 2 statusses:

0 (false) and 1 (true).

1. I would recommend creating a custom enumeration where db value = 0/1  and description is false/true
2. Go to custom entity and press +  create a persistent field with type enumeration and select the custom enumeration. Use the switch boolean To determine which value is true and which value is false

Option 2:

If you don't specifically want to stick to the 0/1 statusses. There is a standard enumeration Named FndBoolean which contains True/False value.

1. Go to custom entity and press +  create a persistent field with type enumeration and select the enumeration FndBoolean . Use the switch boolean To determine which value is true and which value is false

Thanks for that, good response. I’ve tested that and it works OK. 

I’ve heard that it’s possible to use a case statement too, would that be easy to achieve? In future I may have another scenario where I can’t use an enumeration. 

So it would be something like, “SELECT…” if result is <1 then return “Inactive” ELSE “Active”.

I’m just not sure how to construct it.

Hi @dfsjmarchant,

It depends. If it is based on a diferent field that would be possible too. In that case you would have to create a read only field and the query would be 

SELECT CASE WHEN :VARIABLE > 0 THEN ‘TRUE’ ELSE ‘FALSE’ END FROM DUAL 

This is a dummy statement where you would have to replace the variable with your variable,

The argument is the column which is the field containing the 0/1. the argument could be v.customer_no (example). then the query would be “SELECT CASE WHEN :CUSTOMER_NO > 0 THEN ‘TRUE’ ELSE ‘FALSE’ END FROM DUAL “

@dfsjmarchant , Did you manage to work out the details of your specific scenario?

Hi, 

Yes, thanks. I’ve achieved it like this…

SELECT CASE        WHEN isvalid = 1        THEN 'Yes'        ELSE 'No'        END AS RESULTS FROM   (   SELECT       ( COUNT(supplier_id) ) isvalid    FROM       supplier_info_address    WHERE       sysdate BETWEEN valid_from AND valid_to       AND supplier_id = :supplier_id )

Thanks for your help :)