Is 123 a function? If yes, I believe you need to remove the quotes surrounding
it.
Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media UX/UI Design
> On Oct 24, 2015, at 5:46 PM, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am finding that parentheses within strings break value()
>
> put value ("Abc" & 45 & "123(def)")
>
>
> produces
>
>
> Script compile error:
>
> Error description: local: not a valid variable or constant name
>
>
> If I escape it as
>
> put value ("Abc" & 45 & "123\(def\)")
>
>
> it produces
>
> Abc45123
>
> I don't think that either of these is correct, or am I missing something?
>
> I am trying to assemble strings which have variable names using custom
> properties for using in database queries, such as
>
> "SELECT foo FROM " & tableName & " WHERE bar > 7;"
>
>
> and in my learned paranoia, I want to wrap each condition with parentheses
> when I have more than one (I got tired of remembering precedence rules for
> each language, and which ones are screwy, and . . .)
>
>
> --
> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
> (702) 508-8462
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