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  3. January 2005

Re: Why RPG IV Sucks

On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 17:55, MWalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Far be it for me to tell Mr. Cozzi how to write code, but I've given up on
> using Date and Time fields on my DDS DSPF and PRTF. I use character fields
> and just format the data in. Actually, I got the same error yesterday on a
> program that still contained a date field. I agree, the iSeries should be
> smart enough to map any date format to any date format on the fly. You
> shouldn't have to worry about stuff like that.

I concur with you both: it should work better, but it doesn't so I use
character fields.

Joel
http://www.rpgnext.com

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