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<DGW>
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I am using SQL Passthru to retrieve data from a SQL 2000 database. The date field being retrieved is in the HYYMDs format and needs to be reformated to YYMD. When the field is not formated and is part of the XML output, all though it is to long, it appears as it should in the output file. When I reformat the date useing HDATE and put the variable field to the XML in stead of the original field, the date appears twice in the same line:
<td colnum="c7" rawvalue="20070731">20070731</td>


This is the relevant reformat and output code:
DEFINE FILE SQLOUT
DATEFRMT/YYMD=HDATE(insurancelapsedate, 'YYMD');
END

TABLE FILE SQLOUT
PRINT
	TRADINGASNAME
	ADDRESS1
	ADDRESS2
	CITY
	STATE
	ZIPCODE
	DATEFRMT
	insurancetype
BY NAME


I can't fifure out why the date is appearing twice in the XML output.

Other than this, this works as desired and produces the correct output.

Any insight/suggestions will be greatly appriciated.


Regards.

- D

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<DGW>
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I forgot to provide a sample of the incorrect output:

<td colnum="c7" rawvalue="20070731">20070731</td>

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Tom Flynn
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DGW,

In your SQL, why not SELECT DATE(insurancelapsedate) AS 'WHATEVER',


Tom Flynn
WebFOCUS 8.1.05 - PROD/QA
DB2 - AS400 - Mainframe
 
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N.Selph
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Have you tried:

SET HOLDLIST=PRINTONLY


(Prod: WebFOCUS 7.7.03: Win 2008 & AIX hub/Servlet Mode; sub: AS/400 JDE; mostly Self Serve; DBs: Oracle, JDE, SQLServer; various output formats)
 
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Tom Flynn
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Might also use DISTINCT in your SQL...

Also, it is well documented not to do anything with SQLOUT data except dump into a ftm file:

TABLE FILE SQLOUT
PRINT *
ON TABLE HOLD AS H1
END
-RUN

Then, do the data manipulation...


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WebFOCUS 8.1.05 - PROD/QA
DB2 - AS400 - Mainframe
 
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