Date field to Char (Was: RE: Performance of SQL)

["Lim Hock-Chai" <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxx>]

try %char()

-----Original Message-----
From: CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:57 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Performance of SQL


I am (trying to) use free-form specs finally, but I am having some
difficulty performing date functions.  I figured out that I can use the
%DAYS/%MONTHS, etc. BIFs for date arithmetic, but when I want to extract the
date to an alpha field, MOVE is the only way I know of, except for using the
%SUBDT, then converting each component to an alpha sub-field component of a
DS, etc. etc.  This way seems clunky to me, and so my solution, for now, is
to /End-Free, MOVE the date into the alpha field, then re- /FREE again
(messy).  Isn't there a way to alpha-ize a date field in free form specs? 

Tony Carolla
MedAmerica Billing Services, Inc. 
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