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I am joining two different oracle databases, and getting pound signs in excel for the output, when I should be getting "." or a blank row. The data in the original datasource shows as blank, but in the excel file, I wind up with either a number "7310298162357420000" in one column, or a negative number -73047 when these fields should be empty. How do I create a define to look for these empty dates and convert them to blanks or "."?
I have tried expanding the Excel column to see if the date/number shows up but it does not.This message has been edited. Last edited by: FP Mod Chuck,
What do you see when you show the same output in HTML instead of Excel? What Excel format are you using? Does this happen if you didn't have a Join? Can you reproduce the problem using a sample table so we can look at your code? What version of WebFOCUS are you running? 8.007 is several years old.
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Posts: 1853 | Location: New York City | Registered: December 30, 2015
What you have is an invalid date. I see this when user enter valid date but it is prior to what Excel considers a valid date. For example, a user enters a date of birth of 10/15/1019 instead of 10/15/1999.
If the date is null, you can get something similar. In that case try using a ON TABLE SET NODATA '' (that is 2 consecutive quotes, not quote, blank, quote).
In FOCUS since 1985. Prod WF 8.0.08 (z90/Suse Linux) DB (Oracle 11g), Self Serv, Report Caster, WebServer Intel/Linux.
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