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Deepu
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Hi All,

I have a Data like this

FIELD_DATE
01/28/2010
05/22/2010
02/16/2011
03/18/2011

I would like to convert in this format

i have to display only Month and year only

FIELD_DATE
Jan 10
May 10
Feb 11
Mar 11


can any one tell me how to do i'm new to webfocus plz

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WebFOCUS 7.6
Windows, All Outputs
 
Posts: 51 | Registered: December 01, 2010Report This Post
FrankDutch
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Deepu
Did you do a search on this issue?

This is in fact rather basic, but it depends on the internal format of you field_date

Suppose it is a smartdate in your database

then

DEFINE FILE XXX
FIELD_NEW/tMYY=FIELD_DATE;
END
TABLE FILE XXX
PRINT 
FIELD_DATE FIELD_NEW
END


but please ...Read your manuals, use the application help function, do a search on this form.
And finaly....buy the excelent book I have pointed to many many times.




Frank
prod: WF 7.6.10 platform Windows,
databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
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Posts: 2387 | Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Registered: December 03, 2006Report This Post
Deepu
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quote:


That field in format alpha FIELD_DATE(A10) i need to convert in integer

I have a Data like this


FIELD_DATE
01/28/2010
05/22/2010
02/16/2011
03/18/2011

I would like to convert in this format

i have to display only Month and year only

FIELD_DATE
Jan 10
May 10
Feb 11
Mar 11


WebFOCUS 7.6
Windows, All Outputs
 
Posts: 51 | Registered: December 01, 2010Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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It appears to be more complicated than I thought!

This doesn't work on a Date field: TEMP_DATE/MtD. Other Date formats work, but just Month and Day do not (see code below).

Without converting the Date to a Date/Time field, it appears you must use a combination of EDIT, CHGDAT and LCWORD.

Hopefully there's a better way.

DEFINE FILE CAR
ORIGINAL_DATE/A10 WITH COUNTRY = '11/28/2010';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT

COMPUTE FINAL_DATE1/A6 = CHGDAT('MDYY', 'MTD', EDIT(ORIGINAL_DATE,'99$99$9999'), 'A6');

COMPUTE FINAL_DATE2/A6 = LCWORD(6, FINAL_DATE1, 'A6');

ORIGINAL_DATE

COMPUTE DATE1/A8MDYY = EDIT(ORIGINAL_DATE,'99$99$9999');

COMPUTE TEMP_DATE/YYMD = DATE1;

TEMP_DATE/YMD
TEMP_DATE/YYM
TEMP_DATE/YM
TEMP_DATE/MtDYY
TEMP_DATE/MtDY
TEMP_DATE/MtYY
TEMP_DATE/MtY
TEMP_DATE/Mt
TEMP_DATE/M
-*TEMP_DATE/MtD
TEMP_DATE/YYQ
TEMP_DATE/YQ
TEMP_DATE/Q

WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
END


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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Dan Satchell
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WebFOCUS can format a SmartDate as 'Mmm, YY' or as 'MM YY', but for some reason it cannot chew Bits and rub it's logo at the same time - no combination of MY and Bt seems to work:

DEFINE FILE CAR
 ORIGINAL_DATE/A10 WITH COUNTRY = '11/28/2010';
 ALPHA_DATE/A8MDYY = EDIT(ORIGINAL_DATE,'99$99$9999');
 SMART_DATE1/MBY = ALPHA_DATE ;
 SMART_DATE2/MtY = ALPHA_DATE ;
END

TABLE FILE CAR
 PRINT
  ORIGINAL_DATE
  ALPHA_DATE
  SMART_DATE1
  SMART_DATE2
 WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1 ;
END


WebFOCUS 7.7.05
 
Posts: 1213 | Location: Seattle, Washington - USA | Registered: October 22, 2007Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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Correction on my previous post - for some reason I though the requirement was for Month/Day (MtD), while it's really for Month/Year (MtY).

So, MtY is no problem, but MtD is not possible and I cannot figure out why - I'd love to open a case.


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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