Hi all,

I have used this in a fex but it doesn't work
-SET &DATVAN = AYMD (&YYMD, -7, 'I8YYMD');

-DEFAULT &DATUM_VAN_JJJJMMDD =&DATVAN.EVAL

TABLE FILE T_VISIT
\PRINT *
WHERE LASTCHANGE GE DT(&DATUM_VAN_JJJJMMDD);
END
-EXIT

By running this fex an error is trown :
0 ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 7 IN PROCEDURE ADHOCRQ FOCEXEC *
(FOC177) INVALID DATE CONSTANT : &DATVAN.EVAL
(FOC009) INCOMPLETE REQUEST STATEMENT

Any help ?

This message has been edited. Last edited by: FP Mod Chuck,

1. What's the format of LASTCHANGE?
2. Can you test your code by removing the .EVAL?
3. Are you really running 7.6?

This message has been edited. Last edited by: BabakNYC,

Everything should work except that I would use the SET variable, no need to re-assign to a DEFAULT one :

TABLE FILE T_VISIT
PRINT *
WHERE LASTCHANGE GE DT(&DATVAN);
END
-EXIT

Also, I don't know your metadata so maybe you could have an issue with LASTCHANGE date but I don't think that you will.

As per below, it should work :

SET &ECHO = ALL
-SET &DATVAN = AYMD (&YYMD, -7, 'I8YYMD');

TABLE FILE GGSALES
PRINT *
WHERE DATE LE DT(&DATVAN);
END
-RUN

P.S. : please try not to duplicate your post

Hi Babak,


Lastchange is a datetime field.
The fex runs on an oracle database.

Also without Eval it isn't working.

It seems that my version of Wf isn't up to date.
I'm using version 8.0.09.
sorry

This works for me:

 
-SET &DATVAN = AYMD (&YYMD, -7, 'I8YYMD');

-DEFAULT &DATUM=&DATVAN.EVAL

-TYPE D=&DATVAN  H=&DATUM
 

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Danny-SRL,

we want to give the opportunity to enter a date to the user.
In case the user don't gives a specific date , a default date has to be used.

quote:

WF 7.6.11

I am not sure when the ability to assign a variable to a variable default became available. If you are on 7.6.11 as your signature implies then you might not be able to do this.

This ability was discussed a while ago now but you should be able to perform a search and find the thread.

T

Nana,
This runs without a problem:

  
-SET &DATVAN = AYMD (&YYMD, -7, 'I8YYMD');
-DEFAULT &DATUM=&DATVAN.EVAL

TABLE FILE CAR
HEADING
"DEFAULT=&DATUM "
PRINT COUNTRY
END

Could it be your version of WF?

Are you using Auto Prompt or launching it with an HTML page?

I've test it under 7.7.05M and 8.1.05M and it works fine so you shouldn't have any issue under 8.0.0.9. (even if 8009 is not the best version...)

And since everyone of us test it under different versions, the issue may reside on your side.

The problem is Nana wants to set a default value for the date field AND prompt for it so the user has a choice of entering something other than last week. However, I remember something about Auto Prompt not evaluating the -DEFAULT value and just displaying the variable name instead of the value for last week. If you turn off auto prompt the code will work (sans prompt), but if you have it on it doesn't.

We are using autoprompt

The following will work with auto-prompting (but no validation on entered date is performed, so personally I wouldn't use that option) :

-SET &DEFAULT_DATE = AYMD (&YYMD, -7, 'I8YYMD');
-SET &TEST_DATE    = IF &PROMPT_DATE EQ 'FOC_NONE' OR '_FOC_NULL' OR '' THEN &DEFAULT_DATE ELSE &PROMPT_DATE;

-TYPE DEFAULT_DATE: &DEFAULT_DATE, PROMPT_DATE: &PROMPT_DATE, TEST_DATE: &TEST_DATE

Hi

I believe I read that LASTCHANGE is a date time field and the &DATUM_VAN_JJJJMMDD is only being set to a YYMD format and not a full date and timestamp.