Re: Query problems

Actually, this message I sent is wrong.  This time, I think I forgot to make 
them
integers, by setting their decimal places to 6.

I have done this so much, that I have started to get sloppy with it.  And 
couldn't
figure out what I did wrong.  which is why I'm looking for a better way to do 
it.



Jim Langston wrote:

> Actually, I had thought of that, Scott, and defining them as 6   0  or 4  0 or
> 2   0
> doesn't seem to make a difference.
>
> And this wouldn't explain why January and February would be included and not
> march, they would have values of 2.something and 1.something.
>
> And, when I add them together, InvYY * 100 + InvMM (in two separate lines)
> and do math on that, everything is fine.  I *think* there might be something
> wrong
> with V3R7M0's use of ANDs and ORs, I've had lots of problems with it, things
> that should work, don't, and I have to totally figure out some other way to 
>do it
>
> to get it to take something it should of taken in the first place.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim langston
>
> Scott Mildenberger wrote:
>
> > You might double-check that InvMonth is defined with zero decimal places.
> > Otherwise, for March dates it would end up with a value of 3.something which
> > would cause them to be excluded.  This could explain what you are seeing.
> >
> > Scott Mildenberger
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Langston [SMTP:jlangston@conexfreight.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:11 AM
> > > To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > > Subject:      Query problems
> > >
> > > I am having a problem in a query, that I did a work around for, but
> > > don't' know why it happens.
> > >
> > > We have some dates in MMDDYY format stored as numbers.
> > >
> > > In a query I define some result fields as:
> > > Temp1      ARINDT / 100
> > > Temp2      Temp1 * 100
> > > InvYear     ARINDT - Temp2
> > > InvMonth   ARINDT / 10000
> > >
> > > Then, in my select records I have
> > >             InvYear      EQ     98
> > > AND    InvMonth   GE     10
> > > OR       InvYear      EQ     99
> > > AND    InvMonth    LE     03
> > >
> > > The whole idea being to get the range of records from 10/01/98 to
> > > 03/31/99
> > >
> > > Well, it works but... I do no have any data for 03/xx/99  I have January
> > > and February but not March, and I don't know why.
> > >
> > > To resolve this I finally made yet some more result fields:
> > >
> > > Temp3         InvYear * 100
> > > InvYYMM   Temp3 + InvMonth
> > >
> > > Then, I select for
> > >            InvYYMM   GE    9810
> > > AND  InvYYMM    LE    9903
> > >
> > > Which works, and gives me all the records.
> > >
> > > Is this a bug I'm looking at?  I'm on V3R7M0
> > >
> > > And do you know of an easier way to do this?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Jim Langston
> > >
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