How to read a field whose name is a reserved word (new)? I

[risanchez]

I need to read a value from a table whose one of the columns is a reserved word   - new, but when I try to do this, I get a Javascript error:

This is a snipped of my script:

while(gr.next()) {

      description +=   gr.new+'\r\n';

}

But I get Warning when I click on the "verify syntax" button and since this is jut a Warning, I ignore it, save the script and let it run, but when it runs, it throws the following exception:

Execption in Activity Handler:Log Object

Object

lineNumber: string = 52

sourceName: string = <refname>#17(eval)

name: string = SyntaxError

message: string = missing name after . operator

[Mike Allen]

I think it is _new.   So, gr._new.

[Aric3 · Accepted solution]

Hi Ricardo,

You can either use the GlideRecord methods getValue or getDisplayValue depending on the field type.

Using the getValue method, your example code would become:

while (gr.next()) {
   description += gr.getValue('new') + '\r\n';
}

[Rogers Cadenhe1]

When a field name is a reserved word in JavaScript, use bracket notation instead of dot walking to reference it. Change the statement inside the while loop to this:

description +=   gr['new']+'\r\n';