RE: Check date value in 4gl

From: Watson Paul <Paul.Watson@fefc.ac.uk> > > > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > > > > From: "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> > > > >From: steveFarris <nlymbo@mindspring.com> > > > >>How can i check the date value to make sure the user > > entered something > > > >>into a form. For instance, the following does not work... > > > >> > > > >>input by name d1 > > > >>after field d1 > > > >> if (length(d1) == 0) then > > > > > > What the heck is (length(d1) == 0) anyway? This isn't a C > > compiler, you > > > know! > > > > > > <Drum roll, please, maestro!> > > > > > > RTFM!! > > > > > > (How was that, Jonathan? :0) > > > > Very good. Now go and do as you advised Steve, and read > > the manual (version 7.3 edition, please!). Then report > > the omission of the '==' operator to the doc@informix.com > > alias, as documented in TFM you're going to R. :-) > > > >ROFL:-)))) > >BTW can you rename a database :-) Hang about -- he took me to task for not reading something that wasn't in the manual in the first place!! :-) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com