Re: Urgent!!! NULLS & ZEROS

In a numeric variable, that is later used as CCYYMMDD you can store
99999999, but do advise agist it becuause you will get error if you try
to convert it or move it to a date field, in order to do DATE
Arithmetic.

John Enzien wrote:
> 
>                         My experience is that you can not use 99999999 in a
> date field.
> 
>                                 -----Original Message-----
>                                 From:   oludare
> [mailto:oludare@ix.netcom.com]
>                                 Sent:   Friday, December 17, 1999 2:37 PM
>                                 To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com
>                                 Subject:        Re: Urgent!!! NULLS & ZEROS
> 
>                                 Yes, you can store 99999999 as a date
> CCYYMMDD not - or /.
> 
>                                 Dare.
> 
>                                 ----- Original Message -----
>                                 From: "Jim Langston"
> <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
>                                 To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
>                                 Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 2:02 PM
>                                 Subject: Re: Urgent!!! NULLS & ZEROS
> 
>                                 > Can you store 99999999 as a date on the
> AS/400?
>                                 > That is not a valid date 9999-99-99 so I
> think you
>                                 > would get decimal data errors or something
> like
>                                 > that, wouldn't you?
<snip>
-- 
  Raul A. Jager W.
Asuncion - Paraguay
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