Re: SQL Date Conversion Statement Error

... But I'd convert the current_date - 1 year into a numeric value instead
of converting the numeric field values into a real date.
When converting the date into a numeric value an index built over a.CPADDT
can be used.
If a.CPADDT is converted no index can be used, except you are on release 6.1
and you created an index with an additional column that contains the
converted numeric date.

Examples:
Where a.CPADDT > Dec(Replace(Char(Current_Date - 1 Year, ISO), '-', ''), 8,
0) ....

Or
Where a.CPADDT > Dec(VarChar_Format(Current_Timestamp - 1 Year, 'YYYYMMDD'),
8, 0) ....

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Mike Wills
Gesendet: Wednesday, 26. October 2011 21:07
An: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Betreff: Re: SQL Date Conversion Statement Error

Your right. There was "zero dates" where there isn't supposed to be.
After I removed those from the query it works.

A.CPADDT <> 0 AND
DATE(SUBSTR(DIGITS(A.CPADDT),1,4) CONCAT '-' CONCAT
SUBSTR(DIGITS(A.CPADDT),5,2) CONCAT '-' CONCAT
SUBSTR(DIGITS(A.CPADDT),7,2)) > CURRENT_DATE - 1 YEAR

In this particular case, we are only including the data for self
look-up if a person wants to see the status of their payment, I'll
just ignore those.

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On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Mike
I had almost the EXACT same problem
It turned out to be that one or more records held data in the decimal

field that were in fact invalid dates (20110231 for example)

I posted my grievances here and the resounding answer was to load and use

the function idate (from Alan Campin)

Here is the web site
 http://www.think400.dk/downloads.htm

I have done so, loading it to all of our systems and have NOT regretted it

since

Alan Shore
Programmer/Analyst, Direct Response
E:AShore@xxxxxxxx
P:(631) 200-5019
C:(631) 880-8640
"If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Wills

Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:21 PM
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Subject: SQL Date Conversion Statement Error

I have a field that is a decimal date (YYYYMMDD). I need to find all

records that are a year or less old. Since date are so easy, I am trying to
do:

WHERE DATE(SUBSTR(CHAR(A.CPADDT),1,4) CONCAT '-' CONCAT
SUBSTR(CHAR(A.CPADDT),5,2) CONCAT '-' CONCAT
SUBSTR(CHAR(A.CPADDT),7,2)) > CURRENT_DATE - 1 YEAR

This works great in the SELECT portion. When I put it in the WHERE section

I get "Selection error involving field *N."

I am really started to hate decimal dates just as much as our other

developer hates date fields.

Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?

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