Re: Date/Time fields in DB file

If TrustedLink will let Greg do that, of course. I think I covered that in a reply - there is a DFT in DDS, and the docs suggest it will use current date or time, if you don't specify it - I think you also should not specify a field in the WRITE.


SQL is the ticket here, of course, as you say.


Cheers
Vern


On Thu, 10 Aug, 2023 at 2:37 PM, Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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Here's the problem: "... an existing database file (DDS)".
Quit that. Use SQL's DDL instead. DDL will allow you to default new
columns to current date, etc. DDS will NOT. Sure, you can add triggers
and stuff but that isn't really DDS, is it?


On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 1:57 PM Greg Wilburn <
gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

I recently added an ISO date and ISO time field to an existing database
file (DDS). This file is populated by our TrustedLink EDI software when we
receive an inbound PO. I guess I had hoped it would capture the date/time
the record was created. Tli support says the EDI translator won't update
those "automatically".

Anyone know of a method of getting these fields to update with current
info upon creation? Otherwise, I'll have to update them in my RPG
processing program.

TIA,
Greg
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