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Kowens
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I AM EXECUTING A STORED PROCEDURE THAT PRODUCES A DATE. DATE IS IN LONG FORMAT THOUGH, AND I ONLY WANT MM/DD/YYYY TO USE. SEE CODE BELOW. IT SEEMS TO DO THE JOB IN FORMATTING IT THE WAY I WANT IT. MY QUESTION IS, I WANT TO HOLD THE RESULT IN A VARIABLE (&) TO USE IN AN HTML FORM. HOW CAN I GET THE VALUE P_DATE_OUT_FORMAT FROM THE DEFINE INTO A &VARIABLE??

TABLE FILE ARB_PKG_SUBTRACT_BUS_DAYS
PRINT P_DATE_OUT
ON TABLE HOLD AS P_DATE_OUT
WHERE P_DATE EQ DT(&YYMD);
WHERE P_ADD_NUM EQ 1;
END



DEFINE FILE P_DATE_OUT
P_DATE_OUT_FORMAT/MDYY=HDATE(P_DATE_OUT, 'YYMD');
END

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Version: 8.0.0.6
Windows platform
All output formats will probably be used.
 
Posts: 80 | Registered: June 25, 2009Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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-SET &ECHO=ALL;

SET HOLDFORMAT=ALPHA
SET HOLDLIST=PRINTONLY
-RUN

-*-- PREPARE DATE-TIME COLUMN FOR TESTING
-SET &DTTM = &YYMD | EDIT(&TOD, '99$99$99');

DEFINE FILE CAR
TEST_DT1/HYYMDS WITH COUNTRY = HINPUT(14, '&DTTM', 8, 'HYYMDS');
END

-*-- RETRIEVE ONLY DATE PORTION AND FORMAT WITH SLASHES
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
COMPUTE TEST_DT1_FMT1/A8MDYY = HDATE(TEST_DT1, 'MDYY'); NOPRINT 
COMPUTE TEST_DT1_FMT2/A10 = EDIT(TEST_DT1_FMT1,'99/99/9999');
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
ON TABLE HOLD AS H001
END
-RUN

-READ H001 &TEST.A10.
-TYPE &TEST

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quote:
-SET &ECHO=ALL;

SET HOLDFORMAT=ALPHA
SET HOLDLIST=PRINTONLY
-RUN

-*-- Prepare Date-Time column for testing
-SET &DTTM = &YYMD | EDIT(&TOD, '99$99$99');

DEFINE FILE CAR
TEST_DT1/HYYMDS WITH COUNTRY = HINPUT(14, '&DTTM', 8, 'HYYMDS');
END

-*-- Retrieve only date portion and format with slashes
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
COMPUTE TEST_DT1_FMT1/A8MDYY = HDATE(TEST_DT1, 'YYMD'); NOPRINT
COMPUTE TEST_DT1_FMT2/A10 = EDIT(TEST_DT1_FMT1,'99/99/9999');
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
ON TABLE HOLD AS H001
END
-RUN

-READ H001 &TEST.A10.
-TYPE &TEST




ALMOST WORKING - BUT....THIS IS A STORED PROCEDURE THAT TAKES 2 INPUT VALUES AND GIVES ONE OUTPUT VALUE.

INPUT IS
WHERE P_DATE EQ DT(&YYMD);
WHERE P_ADD_NUM EQ 1;

OUTPUT IS P_DATE_OUT;


Version: 8.0.0.6
Windows platform
All output formats will probably be used.
 
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Kowens
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NEVER MIND, I GOT IT.....BEAUTIFUL!!!!


Version: 8.0.0.6
Windows platform
All output formats will probably be used.
 
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