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Jinx
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Hi,

Really odd problem. Within a c# app I submit .fex code using the httpwebrequest functionality, then wait for the response with httpwebresponse in an htmltable format (returned from webfoocus).

I have something similar to the following in the .fex file:


DEFINE FILE MYTABLE

DATE1/A8DMYY = '&DMYY';
DATE2/A10 = EDIT(DATE1,'99/99/9999');
DATE/A12 = IF DATE2 EQ ' ' THEN '#' | ERROR | '#' ELSE '#' | DATE2 | '#';

SDATE1/A8DMYY = MYTABLEDATE;
SDATE2/A10 = EDIT(SDATE1,'99/99/9999');
SDATE/A12 = IF SDATE2 EQ ' ' THEN '#' | ERROR | '#' ELSE '#' | SDATE2 | '#'; 

END

TABLE FILE
PRINT
CODE
DATE
SDATE
....
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTMTABLE
END


The date I get back from webfocus for DATE is correct, but the date I get back for SDATE is #31/12/1900# without fail. The actual date should be #30/03/2010#.
When I run this code from webfocus developer studio is works as expected with both dates correct.

Can anyone suggest how I get webfocus to pass the correct date? or has anyone encountered this problem before? Could be that I am barking up the wrong tree and this is a c# problem, though I cannot see how ><.

Thanks,

Jinx.

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7.6.11
Windows
HTML, PDF, Excel etc
DevStudio/Webfocus/Focus IBM
SQL Server 2000 / 2008
DB2
 
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Jinx
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I have tried the code below instead and got for the date this instead: # / / #. Weird!

TABLE FILE MYTABLE
PRINT
MYTABLEDATE
ON TABLE SAVE FORMAT ALPHA
END

-RUN
-READ SAVE &SDATE.A8. 
-TYPE &SDATE
-RUN

DEFINE FILE MYTABLE

DATE1/A8DMYY = '&DMYY';
DATE2/A10 = EDIT(DATE1,'99/99/9999');
DATE/A12 = IF DATE2 EQ ' ' THEN '#' | ERROR | '#' ELSE '#' | DATE2 | '#';

SDATE1/A8DMYY = '&SDATE';
SDATE2/A10 = EDIT(SDATE1,'99/99/9999');
SDATE/A12 = IF SDATE2 EQ ' ' THEN '#' | ERROR | '#' ELSE '#' | SDATE2 | '#'; 

END

TABLE FILE
PRINT
CODE
DATE
SDATE
....
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTMTABLE
END


7.6.11
Windows
HTML, PDF, Excel etc
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SQL Server 2000 / 2008
DB2
 
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Efrem
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What happens when you try using WebFOCUS Web Services?
 
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Jinx
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I get the same problem, that odd date coming through. *ponder*.

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7.6.11
Windows
HTML, PDF, Excel etc
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SQL Server 2000 / 2008
DB2
 
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Thanks Efrem, your suggestion got me looking at the output before it arrived in c#. Seems I was somehow pulling in a NULL value. All sorted now.

Jinx.


7.6.11
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HTML, PDF, Excel etc
DevStudio/Webfocus/Focus IBM
SQL Server 2000 / 2008
DB2
 
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