Silly Question: Why to use (embedded) SQL for determining the current date
as numeric value?
Dealing with numeric dates is one of the few things that can easier be
handled with native RPG than with (embedded) SQL!
And you may even be able to return the numeric date in different date
formats, while SQL will return the numeric date always in the *ISO format
(YYYYMMDD).
DCL-S NumCurrDate Dec(8, 0);
NumCurrDate = %Dec(%Date(): *ISO);
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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
dfreinkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2021 20:42
To: 'RPG programming on IBM i' <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Convert a date field to a 10,0 packed field
I am trying to convert a date field defined as a date back to a numeric
field.
I used the interactive SQL to test out
Select cast(wCurrent_date as decimal(8,0)) from sysibm.sysdummy1
and it returns the date as 20210713.
I also tested using values
cast(wCurrent_date as decimal(8,0)) into numeric_variable
both return the correct date.
However in a RPG program it fails and gives me zeroes for the result.
What am I doing wrong?
TIA
Darryl Freinkel
A4G
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