Text to

[wriedmann]

Hi,
I would remember to anyone that X# has added a "text to" command also to other dialects than VFP (even in Core!).
That makes it really easy and readable to write XML/JSON/HTML code to a variable:

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text to cCostPattern
{
  "date": 	"2024-01-10",
  "metric": 	123.4
}
endtext

It is a really great addition and it helps me a lot - my thanks go to the development team!
Wolfgang

[xinjie]

I use it a lot to write complex SQL statements in VFP. Works great.

[wriedmann]

Hi Xinjie,

yes, I saw that functionality in a readme when it was added for the VFP dialect, and therefore I asked the development team to support it also in other dialects, and specifically in the Core dialect where I`m writing most of my new code.
And yes, I use it also a lot for SQL statements as it is much easier to write and much, much easier to read (and to copy to my database tool for testing...).

Wolfgang