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  3. January 2005

Re: Why RPG IV Sucks

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 MWalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Far be it for me to tell Mr. Cozzi how to write code, but I've given up on
using Date and Time fields on my DDS DSPF and PRTF. I use character fields
and just format the data in. Actually, I got the same error yesterday on a
program that still contained a date field. I agree, the iSeries should be
smart enough to map any date format to any date format on the fly. You
shouldn't have to worry about stuff like that.

I also use character fields. 10 characters long. The users are allowed to enter the date in any format they like and I have a function in a service program that translates that into a real date data type. If the function can't figure out what the user meant it returns an error and the application can send an appropriate message to the user. Works great.

James Rich

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