[rules-users] Initiating global in rule

Hi! I know that this topic has been partially covered in this: http://www.nabble.com/Initialize-Global-to13388685.html#a13388685 thread. Nevertheless I think that the geiven answers are only partially satisfying. Basically the main problem is still unsolved: One has a global variable inside the DRL and wants to initialize it in a rule (most likely the initial rule). Althoug several posts in the above thread point out, that this should be easily possible doing this: global String test rule "Initial Rule" when then will lead to infinite recursions of this initial rule without the code ever reaching the println()! I tried several variations of the above. At least of of the ones that have been used in the aforementioned thread: using no-loop true, using initialization from Java application using a function call, testing for null pointer with eval(test == null) and so on. I'm using Drools 4.0.3 and I have the strong impression that this is a bug, as all the code examples mentioned in the other thread DO NOT SOLVE the problem. The recursion still exists. Thanks for any help in advance! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Initiating-global-in-rule-tp17081556p17081556.html Sent from the drools - user mailing list archive at Nabble.com.