Re: Allow *ZERO in a date (and timestamp) field? IBM?

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley)" <LGoodbar@afs.bwauto.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:19 AM
Subject: RE: Allow *ZERO in a date (and timestamp) field? IBM?


> For a "from-scratch" application, I agree this is how it should be done.
One
> problem is most RPG programmers have not encountered nullable fields
before.
> Can/does RPG/III support null capable fields? I know RPG/IV has %nulind to
> check against. Convert all programs to RPG/IV, recompile with
> ALWNULL(*USRCTL), and bracket date operations with %nulind. I agree

yes, but my point still is you are going to fix it now, or you are going to
fix it later or your replacement is going to fix it. It was a design mistake
based on availability of technology.

much like the y2k thingy.

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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