Re: Date/Time fields in DB file

Hello Scott,

Am 12.08.2023 um 01:33 schrieb Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Before the %STATUS BIF, we would use the status subfield of the Program Status Data Structure (PSDS, for program errors) or the status subfield of the file information data structure (INFDS) for file-related errors.

It will contain the exact same numbers -- just retrieving them from a different place.

Wow, this is extremely helpful advice! Thanks lot for that! Of course, now you mention it, it's pretty clear. Maybe you know that feeling of "not seeing the forest because of too many trees"? ;-)

What a nice coincidence that it's weekend and I might take some time to try your proposal on my P03. I admit, I largely forgot which other show stoppers I was encountering during compilation.

Well, if you want to read or write a date/time/timestamps from/to an RPG variable, you first need to MOVE or or EVAL the content from/to the internal/external variable. I feel that's cumbersome compared to the handling of string, or numeric variables.

Weird... I'm pretty sure I've never needed to do that.

If you're really interested, I can come up with an example, or two. Maybe I'm doing something fundamentally wrong?

Of course, it's *much* less painful than handling date/time values with C. ;-)

Amen to that!

:-)

:wq! PoC