insert string from textbox in SQL statement in JSL script

CSkjodt

Hi, I am taking my first stab at a jmp application.

 

I would like to insert a string from a textbox in a SQL statement used for a JMP query to a database. This string is my search parameter.

The script I have made does not seem to work and the solution is probably straight forward - but I am missing some basic JSL syntax understanding and was hoping to get help getting past this, for me, crucial point.

 

The script for calling and getting the string:

 

 

parameterScript = Function( {this},
    {text}, 
// This function is called when the Text Edit Box value is committed
    input = this << Get Text
);

 

The script for querying the database:

 

importDataPress = Function( {this}, 
// This function is called when the button is pressed
    name = New SQL Query(
        Connection( "ODBC:DSN=DATABASE;PWD=XXX;" ),
        QueryName( "my_table" ),
        CustomSQL( "SELECT * FROM DATABASE WHERE parameter == \!" + input + \!";" )
    ) << Run;
    <<Get Button Name;
);

 

Thank you !

jthi

You should start this by building smaller blocks and learning the syntax (how to concatenate strings in JMP, how namespaces/functions work, and so on)

 

Some material suggestions:

JSL Syntax Reference 

JMP15 Scripting Guide 

Scriping Index found from JMP Help menu

 

Very short example (check log when you change text in the window):

 

Names Default To Here(1);

importDataPress=Function({this},
	retVal = this << get text;
	sqlString = "select * from * where " || retVal;
	Show(sqlString);
);

win = New Window("Example", Text Edit Box("Example Text", 
	<< set function(
		function({this},
			importDataPress(this)
		)
	))
);