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FSUBULLDOG
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I need some help...I'm trying to run this code:

WHERE ( FFBMAST_DEPR_START_DATE GE DT(2005-07-01 10:54:23) );

and I'm getting this error:
0 ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 11 IN PROCEDURE ADHOCRQ FOCEXEC *
(FOC177) INVALID DATE CONSTANT: )
(FOC009) INCOMPLETE REQUEST STATEMENT
BYPASSING TO END OF COMMAND

Any ideas?
Note...I'm pretty new to WebFocus. =)
Thanks!
 
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Francis Mariani
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Two thoughts:

1) Use / instead of -

2) Add hundredth's or thousandth's (most likely thousandth's) of seconds to the date-time (depending on the DBMS and how the field is defined):

WHERE ( FFBMAST_DEPR_START_DATE GE DT(2005-07-01 10:54:23.000) );

or

WHERE ( FFBMAST_DEPR_START_DATE GE DT(2005-07-01 10:54:23.00) );


Francis


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FSUBULLDOG
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Thanks for giving me some suggestions Francis...unfortuantely, neither one worked. I didn't even get a different error message. I'll keep plugging away. Let me know if you have any other ideas.

Janet
 
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Francis Mariani
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OK. The first thing to determine is the format of FFBMAST_DEPR_START_DATE? Is it really a Date-Time field. What does the Master file state?


Francis


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FSUBULLDOG
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Yes, it said it was Date/Time
2006/03/30 (YYMD)
 
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Kamesh
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Did you tried this way?

WHERE (FFBMAST_DEPR_START_DATE GE DT('2005-07-01 10:54:23') );


WFConsultant

WF 8105M on Win7/Tomcat
 
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FSUBULLDOG
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nope...I got a different error that time...

0 ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 14 IN PROCEDURE ADHOCRQ FOCEXEC *
(FOC177) INVALID DATE CONSTANT: '2005-07-01 10:54:23'
(FOC009) INCOMPLETE REQUEST STATEMENT
BYPASSING TO END OF COMMAND
 
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Francis Mariani
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YYMD isn't a Date-Time field, it's a Date field.

A Date-Time field looks somehting like this:

FIELD=DATEOFUPDATE ,DateOfUpdate, HYYMDs ,HYYMDs ,MISSING=ON ,$


Francis


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FSUBULLDOG
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quote:
FFBMAST_DEPR_START_DATE

I opened the .mas wrong...if I right click...and edit...this is what it said:

FIELD=FFBMAST_DEPR_START_DATE ,FFBMAST_DEPR_START_DATE,
YYMD ,DATE ,MISSING=ON ,
 
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Francis Mariani
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This is a "Smart Date".

Try this:

WHERE (FFBMAST_DEPR_START_DATE GE '2005-07-01');

Take a look at the database table itself. If the database table column is defined as a date-time field, then most likely the Master file (.mas) was deliberately defined as YYMD - to make it easier to write reports with. Take a look at another .fex to see how the date field is accessed.


Francis


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FSUBULLDOG
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I didn't get the error!! I think I'm all set..

Thank you for your help!
 
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