RE: Need help testing for date errors

[Joe Giusto <JGiusto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know Bill and he is NOT a student.  I do know that he is the sole
programmer in his shop and has recently begun using RPGIV.  I do not think
at all that he is lazy (based on my experience of working with him).  Have
you ever been overloaded with projects and just knew that there had to be a
better way of doing something but just not have time to look it up?  I have
been there, done that.  And before this list, on some of those occasions,
have coded the long way around something because of time constraints.  I
tell my self that when I have time I will look it up/learn it and go back
and fix the code, but we all know what happens to those ideas in a
back-logged shop<g>.  While I can understand your frustration with some of
the simpler questions (as you are probably a seasoned programmer), what
would it have taken to give a one line answer like *MDY TEST(D) DATE ... 
Besides, who says it is cheating to use what ever resources are available to
you to solve a problem?
</RANT *OFF>

My apologies to the list if this post is inappropriate.  Bill is a good
friend and a good programmer.  Mostly self-taught and versed in several
languages.  I know that I myself have asked simple questions when the answer
should have been staring me in the face, and I am thankful for the list
members that bear with me during those times and give up the answer anyway.

Joe Giusto II
Patuxent Publishing Company
10750 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21044

-----Original Message-----
From:   rbrightman@amclog.com [SMTP:rbrightman@amclog.com]
Sent:   Thursday, July 20, 2000 1:33 PM
To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Need help testing for date errors

Look up "TESTING" in your manual. Note: This service is NOT a "quick answer"
service for students tring to cheat in order to pass a course! This is what
you
are paying your teacher for.



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