RE: Retrieve JOB (not SYSTEM) date in SQL

["Wilt, Charles" <WiltC@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Problem I see

--you say the function returns a date, but your CL doesn't return anything, in fact CL can't return
return values.  Try RPGLE instead.

HTH,

Charles Wilt 
--
Software Engineer
CINTAS Corporation - IT 92B
513.701.1307

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:40 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Retrieve JOB (not SYSTEM) date in SQL
>
> I think the UDF is a great idea.  I have created one (my first) but it
> doesn't work quite right.
>
> CREATE FUNCTION WDSSYS.GETJOBDATE ( )
>         RETURNS DATE
>         LANGUAGE CL
>         SPECIFIC WDSSYS.GETJOBDATE
>         NOT DETERMINISTIC
>         NO SQL
>         CALLED ON NULL INPUT
>         DISALLOW PARALLEL
>         EXTERNAL NAME 'MKIRKPAT/GETJOBDATE'
>         PARAMETER STYLE SQL ;
>
> My CL pgm:
>
> pgm          parm(&jobdateymd)
>
>              DCL        VAR(&JOBDATE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(6)
>              DCL        VAR(&JOBDATEYMD) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
>
>              RTVJOBA    DATE(&JOBDATE)
>              CVTDAT     DATE(&JOBDATE) TOVAR(&JOBDATEYMD) TOFMT(*YYMD)
> TOSEP(*NONE)
>
>              endpgm
>
> What am I missing?  Thanks.
>
>
> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/03/2008 02:56:02 PM:
>
> > I am not aware of an SQL special register or a built-in function that
> would
> > give you a job date.  Writing a UDF that does this would be very simple
> > though (CL or RPG), and you could reuse it elsewhere.
> >
> > HTH, Elvis
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: Retrieve JOB (not SYSTEM) date in SQL
> >
> > I want to populate a date column in a table with the JOB DATE (not
> SYSTEM
> > DATE).  This is because we run for prior days on the current day.  I
> could
> > do this by using a variable in RPG on my INSERT stmt but would like to
> > avoid RPG and possibly do it using RUNSQLSTM.  CURRENT DATE gives me the
>
> > system date.  How could I get the JOB date to use in my INSERT stmt.
> > Thanks.
> >
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