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John Coleman
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I am in Oracle 11g and working with AppStudio 82.

One for the date fields comes in from Oracle as a YYYYMMDD in character format, but I need to convert it to a date field in AS.

Is there a function i can't find that might do this for me?

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John Coleman
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jcannavo
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You could try HINPUT...

https://webfocusinfocenter.inf...ng/source/hinput.htm


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John Coleman
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Than you. I should have said that in the post. I tried that but it was so poorly un-optimized that I couldn't go forward with it in production. I'll keep poking. Thank you for your answer though!


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MReeder
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Have you tried to convert using DATECVT instead? It works for date only and does not require the time portion to be in the date. might work better.

https://webfocusinfocenter.inf...9b-B343-9B01F25A24F0

you could always just convert it to an integer of I8YYMD.


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Francis Mariani
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How are you using the function? I assume it's in a DEFINE, therefore applies to every row. Try it in a COMPUTE, it will then be applied to the answer set.


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Frans
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or if you're using it in a filter, the SQL is probably not optimized. Could you post the code to have a better understanding?


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eric.woerle
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John,

Another option if you are concerned with inefficiencies from WF would be to create a virtual field on the table in Oracle and do the conversion there. That way you aren't worrying about creating a define every time. then in the masterfile make sure the Actual value is date and usage is YYMD. Then your all set.


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