RE: Performance of SQL

Tony,

Take a look at the %char BIF.

 wCharField = %char(wDate:*ISO)

HTH,
Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 4:57 PM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Performance of SQL
> 
> 
> I am (trying to) use free-form specs finally, but I am having some
> difficulty performing date functions.  I figured out that I 
> can use the
> %DAYS/%MONTHS, etc. BIFs for date arithmetic, but when I want 
> to extract the
> date to an alpha field, MOVE is the only way I know of, 
> except for using the
> %SUBDT, then converting each component to an alpha sub-field 
> component of a
> DS, etc. etc.  This way seems clunky to me, and so my 
> solution, for now, is
> to /End-Free, MOVE the date into the alpha field, then re- /FREE again
> (messy).  Isn't there a way to alpha-ize a date field in free 
> form specs? 
> 
> Tony Carolla
> MedAmerica Billing Services, Inc. 
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