Re: Check date value in 4gl

From: Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> > >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. :-) :-p What's wrong with the 4.00 manual I read years ago? >Oh, and see my other posting on this subject! Yup. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com