Re: Check date value in 4gl

Carlos Benjamin wrote: > > --- Watson Paul <Paul.Watson@fefc.ac.uk> > > wrote: > >> 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 :-) > > Yes you can. But it won't respond when you call until it gets used to the new name.... You can't CALL a database. You have to CONNECT to it. :-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+