RE: [sqr-users] date format

["Knapp, Richard" <KnappR@umsystem.edu>]

And don't know how to handle one when we do get one.

Richard Knapp
Database Programmer/Analyst
Institutional Research and Planning
University of Missouri System
573-882-8856
knappr@umsystem.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: sqr-users-bounces+knappr=umsystem.edu@sqrug.org
[mailto:sqr-users-bounces+knappr=umsystem.edu@sqrug.org] On Behalf Of
Bob Stone
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:47 AM
To: 'This list is for discussion about the SQR database reporting
languagefrom Hyperion Solutions.'
Subject: RE: [sqr-users] date format

maybe it's because we're all programmers.  can't get a date...


-----Original Message-----
From: sqr-users-bounces+bstone=fastenal.com@sqrug.org
[mailto:sqr-users-bounces+bstone=fastenal.com@sqrug.org]On Behalf Of
James Womeldorf
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:37 AM
To: 'This list is for discussion about the SQR database reporting
language from Hyperion Solutions.'
Subject: RE: [sqr-users] date format


Are you trying to get $Activity_Date to be a date or a string?
Perhaps you are having difficulty because of the use of $Activity_Date
multiple times in your statements.  Sometimes it is supposed to be a
string
and sometimes it is supposed to be a date.

It's amazing.  All these nice folks and we all seem to have difficulty
'getting' dates :)

-----Original Message-----
From: sqr-users-bounces+jwomeldo=fastenal.com@sqrug.org
[mailto:sqr-users-bounces+jwomeldo=fastenal.com@sqrug.org]On Behalf Of
radhika reddy
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:26 AM
To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
Subject: RE: [sqr-users] date format



yes, i tried and i get the following error:

(SQR 4008) Unknown function or variable in expression: to_date
let $activity_date = to_date($activity_date,'dd-mon-yyyy')

thanks.

>From: "Lindquist, Maria" <mlindqui@uwc.edu>
>Reply-To: "This list is for discussion about the SQR database 
>reportinglanguage from Hyperion Solutions." <sqr-users@sqrug.org>
>To: "This list is for discussion about the SQR database
reportinglanguage 
>fromHyperion Solutions." <sqr-users@sqrug.org>
>Subject: RE: [sqr-users] date format
>Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 10:11:43 -0500
>
>Did you try the following at all?
>
>Let $Activity_Date = TO_DATE($Activity_date,'dd-mon-yyyy')
>
>Maria
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sqr-users-bounces+mlindqui=uwc.edu@sqrug.org
>[mailto:sqr-users-bounces+mlindqui=uwc.edu@sqrug.org] On Behalf Of
>radhika reddy
>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:02 AM
>To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
>Subject: [sqr-users] date format
>
>Hi,
>
>    I always have tough time to format dates. This time the date that I
>get from a flat file is in 'YYYYMMDD' format. However i do it i get
>errors.
>
>I tried doing something like this:-
>
>Let $activity_date = edit($activity_date, 'dd-mon-yyyy')
>
>or
>
>let $activity_date = to_char(to_date($activity_date, 'YYYYMMDD'),
>'dd-MON-yyyy')
>and
>
>let $activity_date =
>Datetostr(StrtoDate($activity_date,'YYYYMMDD'),'dd-MON-yyyy')
>
>and
>
>begin-select on-error=print-date-error
>to_char(to_date($activity_date, 'MM/DD/YYYY'), 'dd-MON-yyyy')
>&activitydate
>   move &activitydate to $activity_date
>from dual
>
>Any idea where i am going wrong on this?
>
>Thanks.
>
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