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  3. May 2004

RE: Using ISO To Test Date.

OPNQRYF is smart enough to understand that "2004-05-31" is a valid ISO date
but the date must be quoted.  If you're working with "numeric" dates, which
I assume you are, an unquoted numeric string (without editing, of course)
works.

-reeve

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RPower@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 1:42 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: Using ISO To Test Date.
> 
> Thanks for the input.  I'll be sure to use the Date data type in the DDS
> next time.  For now I'll use the 19000000 solution because I have to use
> those fields in an open qry statement that I'm building and I'm not
> scrapping it all down after figuring them out lol.  Building opnqry
> statements are such a pain.
> 
> Ron Power
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> You use the MAPVAL keyword to convert a non-date (such as a blank or
> zero
> entry) into some pre-defined value, such as 0001-01-01 and then test
> for
> that value in your code. Granted the implementation of dates sucks
> (because
> they don't allow a zero value) but if you work with it instead of fighting
> it, you can make it happen for you.
> -Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:16 AM
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> Subject: RE: Using ISO To Test Date.
> 
> Can that allow a zero for the date in case I didn't want to use the date
> as a search criteria if it was not entered.  Default seems to be
> 0001-01-01.
> 
> Ron Power
> Programmer
> Information Services
> City Of St. John's, NL
> P.O. Box 908
> St. John's, NL
> A1C 5M2
> Tel: 709-576-8132
> Email: rpower@xxxxxxxxxx
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> Yes, change the display file to use the L data type and let the 5250
> display
> manager do the validation for you.
> -Bob Cozzi
> 
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> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:58 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Using ISO To Test Date.
> 
> Using the following to test a date and I'm not getting what I want.
> 
> c     *Iso          Test(de)                Crcfdt
> c                   If        %Error
> c                   Eval      *In50 = *On
> c                   Eval      Msgdata = 'Invalid Date'
> c                   Exsr      Send_Error
> c                   Iter
> c                   EndIf
> 
> Crcfdt is defined as P(8,0) and is an input field on a display file.  If I
> 
> 
> put in 200405 and then say forget the remainder of the date, it ends up
> saying it's 0020/04/05 which is a valid date according to *ISO.  Any ideas
> 
> 
> on what I should do to avoid this?  Any edit code I could use in the
> display file to left justify and right fill with 0's?  Thanks,
> 
> Ron Power
> Programmer
> Information Services
> City Of St. John's, NL
> P.O. Box 908
> St. John's, NL
> A1C 5M2
> Tel: 709-576-8132
> Email: rpower@xxxxxxxxxx
> Website: http://www.stjohns.ca/
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