Re: Monitor Date Conversion Fills Job Log

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Using a default date is one idea.  An alternative is to use null values. 
Requires the use of a "null indicator" (No, I am NOT talking about a *INxx 
field).  A search of the reference for null indicator should do the trick 
for you.

Actually, your IF is extraneous.  The monitor should catch that also.  If 
a vast majority of your dates are valid, and just a small percentage are 
zeros, you may even get better performance by removing the IF and rely 
solely on the monitor.  That way you don't waste cycles checking valid 
dates.

Rob Berendt
-- 
Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





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In populating a file with true date fields from another large file with
YYMMDD signed numeric date fields I find that my job log fills up with
RNX0112 messages (Date Not Valid) due to numerous Zero YYMMDD date values.
The severity on this message is 50 so I can't reasonably solve the problem
by changing the job's logging level.  A sample is a transaction void date
which usually contains zero.  I am getting around the problem by
specifically testing for a zero date in an IF statement, before checking
for generic date errors via the monitor clause as shown below.
      Is there a more elegant solution ?

Message ID . . . . . . :   RNX0112       Severity . . . . . . . :   50
Message type . . . . . :   Escape
Message . . . . :   Date, Time or Timestamp value is not valid.

if hdr_VoidDate = *zero;
   hdr2_vDateISO = d'0001-01-01';
else;
   monitor;
      hdr2_vDateISO = %date(hdr_VoidDate : *YMD);   // Transaction Date
*ISO
   on-error;
      hdr2_vDateISO = d'0001-01-01';       // default date
   endmon;
endif;

Thanks, Dave

David Keck
NBTY, Inc
Phone (631) 200-5809
DavidKeck@xxxxxxxx
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