[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Check if value is a valid data type

[meijsberg]

Hi, I am building a validation service in Corticon. One of attributes i am validating is a string (A) that should be a member of an enumeration. I have rules that validate other attributes that depend on this attribute. So what I would like to do is this: Step 1. receive data Step 2. Validate if A is member of enumeration Step 3. If A if member of enumeration, move value of A to A_validated (custom data type), else give error Step 4. Validate other attributes. Use A_validated in rules What I am missing is a function to check if the value of a string is a valid value of a custom data type. The workaround, is to to validate the values in a rulesheet, but this would mean that I need to administrate the enumeration om multiple places. So my proposal would be a function somethink like this: attributename.IsValidDataType(CustomDataTypeName) = T/F Thanks

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