Re: When is date field (L) updated?

[Jeff Young <jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dale,
Try this:
Your_Date_Field = %Date();

That will set it to the current system date.



On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 8:49 AM, dale janus <dalejanus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who replied to help me out.
>
> If I'm going to access in RPG, I must set the date myself.
>
> If I want DB2 to set the date, it cannot be defined in the program, so
> use a logical file where the date is not defined.
>
> Or in this particular instance, I'm just going to move today's date to
> the field. (Hmmm, can I EVAL the date?  Not if I use UDATE.  I haven't
> tried *DATE) This part I can handle.
>
> Now I know a little more how this stuff works.  It seems like it's all or
> nothing.
>
> We are planning to upgrade to V7 this summer.  I am looking forward to
> playing around with  SQL within CL to replace OPNQRYF.  That will help me
> get my feet wet in the SQL waters.
>
> ---Dale
>
>
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