Hi all, I have a question specifically related to a csv file and its master (.mas) describing a date field.
With this next paragraph I am going to try to pre-empt all the many questions that will no doubt arise. First when looking at the actual data whether in Excel or a text editor it will appear in the format 8/30/2008. The master file description for the field follows: FIELD=PAY_END_DT, ALIAS=FIELD2, USAGE=MDYY, ACTUAL=DATE, $ Next, the Master does include the syntax of (in the first line): SUFFIX=COM, ....and the .fex that is TABLE'ing this file carries the syntax: SET PCOMMA=ON An appropriate FILEDEF has been established.
Here is the clincher: In WF 5.3.2 the exact same thing works. In 7.6.4 it doesn't. The resulting error message for each line of data is: (FOC209) THE DATA VALUE EXCEEDS ITS LENGTH SPECIFICATION: 8/30/2008 ...and of course it is therefore repeated a zillion times.
I can only imagine that 7.6.4 is not getting the message that this is a date, in spite of the master and/or it is insisting that the date NOT be supplied in the data file with slashes.
Since 5.3.2 can figure it out though I've been retracing steps a hundred times with no success. Has anyone been this way before?
BillThis message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,
September 10, 2008, 02:31 PM
Prarie
Bill,
First understand there is a world of difference between the Versions you are upgrading. You are going into a much better world. But you will find strange things...that used to work..that actually should not have...but now WebFocus notices it. There will probably be more to come. I think it has something to do with your ACTUAL in the Master. I would try changing that.
In Focus since 1993. WebFOCUS 7.7.03 Win 2003
September 11, 2008, 08:30 AM
Foccrawler
Right on Prarie....Thank You!
I played with this a little further; changed the ACTUAL to A10 and it works. If I then TABLE and HOLD FORMAT ALPHA the resulting Master then reads A08. Must be the USEAGE of MDYY makes the 2 slashes to be implicit. The .ftm file displays 08/30/2008, just what we want. Thanks again for the correct steer. Bill
