QM/400 question

Our e-mail server went "south" about the time I sent this so here is another
attempt.  It showed up in the archives but I need to rephrase what I'm
asking so here is my question again.

V4R4M0 & fairy current on "all" the various individual, group, & cume ptf's.

 About a week ago I posed the question about converting Query/400 queries to
the QMQRY format. Simon, Dan, Vanja, & others supplied some good advice.
 
I created a CL program to do the RTVQMQRY, RTVQMFORM, CRTQMQRY, & CRTQMFORM.
This process worked in roughly 98% of the conversion & actually did a good
job. 

The one thing I have found so far is that Query/400 would let you edit a
numeric defined field as a date field. Anybody that runs 6.0.02 BPCS knows
how dates are defined. This did not convert via the RTVQMxxxx commands. When
I edit this QMQRY, it lets me define the numeric field as a date field. When
the query is run, an error occurs that tells me I have an invalid edit code
for a numeric field & I sure do. The two QM manuals don't address this
capability (flaw) that Query/400 allowed. The one thing that might
complicate things is that this "date" field is also a "break" field? 

The one thought I had was to create a "new" table. The book says (& I
quote), "The only way to change the definition of an existing table is to
copy it.----When you copy the table, you can copy, delete, & add columns, &
change definitions in the same way as if you were creating a new table." It
seems my only recourse is to create a copy of the table (LLH), redefine the
data field to a date data type, & run the QMQRY from this table.

 Is there something I am missing????? Thanks for your input. 

Dennis 

"One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be
done." -- Marie Curie 
"I love deadlines.  I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they
go flying by."  Dilbert's Words Of Wisdom:

Dennis Munro    
Badger Mining Corporation
dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com <mailto:dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com> 
(920) 361-2388

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