Re: DISPLAY_JOURNAL, INTERPRET a DATE column

Hi Charles,

What are the field definitions for the file whose journal entries you are looking at?  At least the RECEIVE_DATE definition plus the fields before and after it.  What does DSPFFD show for their buffer positions?

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On 5/9/2022 9:53 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:

on a v7.4 box that's reasonably current on PTFs...

Using the QSYS2.DISPLAY_JOURNAL() UDTF to look at the journal entries for a
specific table...

I expected this to work..
, interpret(substr(entry_data, 297, 5)as DECIMAL(9,2)) as CORE_VALUE
, interpret(substr(entry_data, 302, 9)as CHAR(9)) as SHIPPER_NUMBER
, interpret(substr(entry_data, 311, 4)as DATE) as RECEIVE_DATE
, interpret(substr(entry_data, 315, 22)as VARCHAR(20)) as
COUNTER_PERSON_NAME

However, I get a cast error... looking at the entry data from pos 311 on,
, substr(entry_data, 311) as hmm
I see
F0F0F0F160F0F160F0F100014040404040404040404040404040404040404040
So it seems the date data type is surfaced as a CHAR(10) in ENTRY_DATA as
this works
, interpret(substr(entry_data, 297, 5)as DECIMAL(9,2)) as CORE_VALUE
, interpret(substr(entry_data, 302, 9)as CHAR(9)) as SHIPPER_NUMBER
, interpret(substr(entry_data, 311, 10)as char(10)) as RECEIVE_DATE
, interpret(substr(entry_data, 321, 22)as VARCHAR(20)) as
COUNTER_PERSON_NAME

Am I missing something?

Thanks!
Charles