Perform date - mail bounced

Cheryl, > > The dates were transfered from the old type informix and would not even > appear in the screens until we put the format in the.per. correct > The way you explained it works, but I don't know why we are having to > force the format on the fields to get them to show up. > sperform tries to use a 10 char format by default (09/03/1993). If you use an 8 character field then you will a) have to use format, b) set DBDATE=MDY2/ option 'b' sounds like what you want. Also, if you are playing around with forms a lot, check into syscolval (upscol utility) this can save you a lot of work in keeping forms standard. cheers j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker - Contractor | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| If you keep staring at it like that, jparker@hpbs2561.boi.hp.com | your nose is going to grow (208) 396-5388 (W) (208) 384-1623 (H) | into the bark. _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________