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David Briars
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In my MFD for my Oracle table I have a datetimestamp column with a format of HYYMDS.

I create a DEFINE FILE field with a format of HMDYYSB, assigning the datetimestamp column.

In my Active Report output, the Active Report sort command works for the database field, but not the DEFINEd field.

Here is an example using the CAR file:
DEFINE FILE CAR
 EDATE1/HYYMDSB WITH CAR = IF CAR EQ 'AUDI' THEN DT('07/09/2015 02:38:36 AM')
                            ELSE IF CAR EQ 'DATSUN' THEN DT('07/01/2015 03:17:23 AM')
			     ELSE IF CAR EQ 'BMW' THEN DT('07/06/2015 10:34:28 AM')
			      ELSE IF CAR EQ 'TOYOTA' THEN DT('12/06/2012 04:34:28 PM')
			       ELSE IF CAR EQ 'BMW' THEN DT('07/06/2015 10:34:28 AM')
				ELSE IF CAR EQ 'JENSEN' THEN DT('007/06/2015 04:34:28 PM')
				 ELSE DT('07/06/2015 04:34:28 AM');
 EDATE2/HMDYYSB WITH CAR = EDATE1;
END
-*
TABLE FILE CAR
 PRINT CAR
 EDATE1
 EDATE2
 ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT AHTML
 ON TABLE SET STYLE *
 TYPE=REPORT, FONT='COURIER', SIZE=14, $
ENDSTYLE
END

Run this, and you will see the Active Report sort work for the first date column, but not the second.

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BabakNYC
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It seems to be working in 8105.


WebFOCUS 8206, Unix, Windows
 
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David Briars
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Awesome that it works in 81x.

Any assistance for folks in 80x, greatfully accepted.




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eric.woerle
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David,

I'm also not able to recreate your results using 8.0.08 linux. Is it possible that there is an issue in 8.0.07 build?

I was able to successfully select each column in the Active reports and sort ascending then descending. First with EDATE2 then EDATE1.


Eric Woerle
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8.1.05 Client Unix
Oracle 11.2.0.2
 
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David Briars
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Thanks for checking, Eric.

Yikes, maybe it is 8.0.07 in particular.

I've opened a case.




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eric.woerle
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Sorry I couldn't be more help... Frowner


Eric Woerle
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David Briars
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The following thread from 2010 suggests that Active Reports sort on date-time fields as strings, not as a displacement value:

http://forums.informationbuild...=793100533#793100533

(The OP was able to convert to smart dates. However I cannot, because my Date-Time field has times. Murphy was an optimist! )
 
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