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Re: 4GL Version 7.50.UC6 date format in form

Posted in 2012

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Stored Procedures & SPL, Connectivity: ESQL/C, 4GL & Embedded SQL, Platform-Specific Issues

amithviz@gmail.com — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

I am also facing same issue after upgrading. Is there a solution to this? I assume this there is some environment setting that needs to be done. Please let me know if it can be solved. Regards Amith On Monday, August 13, 2012 6:37:46 PM UTC+5:30, sky wrote: > I just upgraded to Informix 4GL Version 7.50.UC6 Linux 32bit and now all my 4GL forms that have date fields give an error "Error in field" when typing in a date in this format "081012", it only works if the date is entered in this format "08/10/12" or "08/10/2012", it used to work with or without the slashes (/). I don't have DBDATE set, but if I set it to DBDATE=MDY20 then I can enter "081012" for the date, but then it also displays on 4GL reports without the slashes and I can't enter a date in the form with the slashes. I tried setting the form field to type char, but then if a valid date isn't entered into the form field the program exits. Is there a way to get this back to the old behavior of 7.50.UC4 or do I need to go back to the old version?

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sky — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:12:22 AM UTC-5, Amith Viswanathan wrote: > I am also facing same issue after upgrading. Is there a solution to this? I assume this there is some environment setting that needs to be done. Please let me know if it can be solved. > > > > Regards > > Amith > > > > On Monday, August 13, 2012 6:37:46 PM UTC+5:30, sky wrote: > > > I just upgraded to Informix 4GL Version 7.50.UC6 Linux 32bit and now all my 4GL forms that have date fields give an error "Error in field" when typing in a date in this format "081012", it only works if the date is entered in this format "08/10/12" or "08/10/2012", it used to work with or without the slashes (/). I don't have DBDATE set, but if I set it to DBDATE=MDY20 then I can enter "081012" for the date, but then it also displays on 4GL reports without the slashes and I can't enter a date in the form with the slashes. I tried setting the form field to type char, but then if a valid date isn't entered into the form field the program exits. Is there a way to get this back to the old behavior of 7.50.UC4 or do I need to go back to the old version? I never found a solution, but I've since switched to Aubit4GL so it is no longer an issue for me.

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