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How to use OR in a 'case' or 'if' statement in AL?

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Posted on by jdrco

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I get this error:
Operator 'OR' cannot be applied to operands of type 'Text' and 'Text'

When I try to write this if statement in AL:
if ActivityNo = 'DA' OR 'SA' then begin
end;

Is there no way of using logical disjunction between text?

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RE: How to use OR in a 'case' or 'if' statement in AL?

Good to know. Any way to use OR in a case statement? (just for future reference)

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RE: How to use OR in a 'case' or 'if' statement in AL?

Try it as

if (ActivityNo = ‘DA’) or (ActivityNo = ‘SA’)

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