Re: Retrieve JOB (not SYSTEM) date in SQL

Thanks. I had coded a TOSEP(*NONE) on my CVTDAT cmd instead of TOSEP('-')
. It seems to work now.

CHGJOB DATE(010108)

STRSQL

SELECT getjobdate()
FROM SYSIBM/SYSDUMMY1

....+....1....
GETJOBDATE ( )
01/01/08

Is this OK or am I fooling myself.


midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/05/2008 10:17:53 AM:

Although CL was noted as an option, I have no idea how to make that
work, except as a procedure called from a[n SQL] UDF. Notice your CLP
has been coded with a parameter, not a return value; it is a procedure,
not a function. Probably best to create an RPG procedure in a service
program of similar utility functions, and then use CREATE FUNCTION to
refer to the RPG with EXTERNAL NAME 'THELIB/THESRVPGM(GETJOBDATE)'

Regards, Chuck

MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I think the UDF is a great idea. I have created one (my first) but it

doesn't work quite right.

CREATE FUNCTION WDSSYS.GETJOBDATE ( )
RETURNS DATE
LANGUAGE CL
SPECIFIC WDSSYS.GETJOBDATE
NOT DETERMINISTIC
NO SQL
CALLED ON NULL INPUT
DISALLOW PARALLEL
EXTERNAL NAME 'MKIRKPAT/GETJOBDATE'
PARAMETER STYLE SQL ;

My CL pgm:
<code>
pgm parm(&jobdateymd)
DCL VAR(&JOBDATE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(6)
DCL VAR(&JOBDATEYMD) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)

RTVJOBA DATE(&JOBDATE)
CVTDAT DATE(&JOBDATE) TOVAR(&JOBDATEYMD) +
TOFMT(*YYMD) TOSEP(*NONE)
endpgm
</code>
What am I missing? Thanks.

Elvis wrote:

I am not aware of an SQL special register or a built-in
function that would give you a job date. Writing a UDF
that does this would be very simple
though (CL or RPG), and you could reuse it elsewhere.

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