topic Re: unexpected token using variable as pathname in QlikView

unexpected token using variable as pathname

curiousfellow — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 09:01:10 GMT

I created variable1 from two other variables.

The new variable is an url to load data from sharepoint.

In my script I have Load * from $(variable1)(qvx);

When loading I get an error saying unexpected token Unexpected token: 'url1', expected one of: 'utf8', 'utf7', 'unicode', 'URL', 'UserAgent', 'biff', 'dif', ...

and at the end of the message :

FROM

(>>>>>>url1<<<<<<)&(converted_url)

(qvx)

url1 and convertedurl are the variables where variable1 was constructed from.

When I put variable1 in a textbox and copy the text from that textbox in a browser I get the results I expect.

When I use the url as plain text in my script it works too.

When I compare the plain text with the value of variable1 they are exactly the same.

In my load script I tried various options using the variable like : from '$(variable1)' etc.

what can I do more to find why I get this error message?

Re: unexpected token using variable as pathname

marcus_sommer — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:32:39 GMT

The combining of the two variables might go wrong. Also the call of the variables might need a wrapping. You may try it in this way:

Load * from [$(variable1)] (qvx);

Load * from [$(url1 )$(convertedurl)] (qvx);

- Marcus

Re: unexpected token using variable as pathname

curiousfellow — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:41:05 GMT

Wrapping between '[' and ']' was the solution. Using brackets with variables amongst all other syntax options is new to me