In-DB Action Update

Matt_S

I'd like to update a SQL statement contained in an In-DB Input tool based on user input through a gallery app. I've added a dummy value into my SQL ('xxx') and selected the Replace a specific string option from within the Action tool. Still, the value in the sql statement is unaffected. Any thoughts on why or if there is a more eloquent solution?

Ignore my connection error, I've simply stripped the details out for this example.

patrick_digan

@Matt_S on the surface it looks like you've set it up correctly. In order to see what's going wrong, I would use the open debug to see what's up.

First make sure the interface designer is visible (View >>> Interface Designer). Then use the second option, the test view, to make a selection from your dropdown. Then you can click on open debug and it will show you a couple things: 1) The box at the top shows you your selection. You can see that I selected the value of a. You can also see that my action tool ran. 2) You can click on the tool and see that it indeed replace xxx with a like we wanted.