Re: SQLRPGLE - current date - 7 days as a numeric field -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: SQLRPGLE - current date - 7 days as a numeric field
From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 14:23:07 -0500
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Perfect! Thank you. Performance isn't an issue in this situation.

On 6/30/2019 3:14 AM, Birgitta Hauser wrote:

... Even though SQL can easily convert a date value into a numeric date, for performance issues it is better not to calculate it directly within the WHERE conditions.

Convert (real) date into numeric date YYYYMMDD (with SQL)
Dec(Current_Date - 7 days, 9, 0) //Release 7.2 or higher ...

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