Re: Invalid dates in data transfer

I don't know if someone has said this yet but trying to use standard
utilities (Client Acess, Cpyfrmimpf) to transfer data from PC files is just
a guaranteed exercise in frustration. Even if you get it working the user
ends up sending some else which screws it up.

I always write an RPG program reading the file from the IFS and doing what
conversion I need to do in the program. Even that is sometimes not enough
but at least I have positive control over what is coming in and how I handle
it.

My opinion only.

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Dennis Lovelady <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

No, I don't think that's what the user has and doesn't like. I think
they
have a dummy date, '0001-01-01' and then they probably have dates that
fall nicely in the 100 year scale.

I'm sorry. I missed the message where he said that. My error.

Dennis Lovelady
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