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Date Fields in Blank

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January 11, 2006, 10:40 AM
rubenibi
Date Fields in Blank
Hi All!!

I have a little problem that I don't remember how to solve.

I have in a *.mas file a field called AFIELD which is DATE format, which is defined in a Oracle Table.

Well... It looks like when the field returns blank, WebFOCUS transforms it to a date "31/12/1900".

Any way to fix this?

Thanks Smiler

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January 11, 2006, 11:34 AM
susannah
Ruben, what is it you want to fix?
focus xlates a zero, and properly so, to the beginning of its date epoch, which is Dec 31, 1900.
What does the date field in your oracle table actually contain?
do an edit on it to an alpha version and print it out so you know your starting point? if your starting point is meant to be empty, can you define your source field as MISSING ON ?




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January 11, 2006, 03:09 PM
Vivian
You might want to look at the Set DateDisplay command. HTH

Vivian


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January 17, 2006, 05:50 PM
rubenibi
sussannah you're always helping me!! with simply an EDIT the problem was solved, I can't reply before, I'm on holiday n_n

Vivian Thanks for your advice, I already tried with the DateDisplay option, but It didn't work, many thanks for hekping me ^^

Kerry Thanks you for you also, I didn't notice about the reply Wink



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Ruben Rueda
Consultant
Information Builders Iberica

Web: http://www.eruben.biz

Prod: WF 5.3.4 @ Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3 (Taroon Update 6) w/Oracle 9i
Test: WF 5.3.3 @ SUN Solaris 7 w/Oracle 8i