AW: Those flippin dates

Hi,

Try the following:

Hi,

Try the following
YYMMDDNum = %Dec(%Date(MMDDYYNum: *MDY): *YMD);

In SQL there is no easy way to convert the numeric dates.
If it is possible, convert the date before executing the SQL-Statement and
use the numeric result as host variable.
This will result in a better performance than converting the date within the
SQL-Statement.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Pete Helgren
Gesendet: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 21:00
An: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Betreff: Those flippin dates


What would be the most expedient way to convert a 6.0 numeric field that
represents a date in MMDDYY format to a 6.0 numeric field that
represents a date in YYMMDD order? The resultant numeric is used in an
SQL statement comparing it to a numeric (not a date) field. The old
technique of YYMMDD = MMDDYY * 10000.0001 appears not to work because
the program is cranky at runtime about the result field not being large
enough.

Since the compare is a numeric I figured that the math would be
numeric. Or, is using a date field and converting it to a numeric host
variable for the SQL the way to go?

Pete Helgren