RE: SDA, Subfiles, and date fields

["Ellsberry, Steve" <Steve.Ellsberry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's a couple of different things you can do.
1.) Add a 10 byte alpha field via SDA then change the data type to "L" for
date.
2.) Use SEU to add the date field.
3.) Build the date manually using a data structure and the %SUBDT function

Personally I use my source editor (SEU, etc) to add the field and associated
attributes.  

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces+steve.ellsberry=goodmanmfg.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces+steve.ellsberry=goodmanmfg.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 12:31 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: SDA, Subfiles, and date fields


I am having trouble creating date fields for subfiles with SDA, I have been 
searching the iseries website looking for an in-depth manual on SDA but 
haven't found anything.

does anyone have any suggestions or know where I can find some better 
information?

I code most of my physical files as date fields with the format as *USA 
and '/' as the seperator, but when it comes to using SDA it seems to lack a 
formatting ability for dates.

Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.

Douglas

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