Re: 4GL: Error -1212 when displaying incomplete dates

Richard Spitz <Richard.Spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de> wrote: >Hi Informixers, > >I have a 4GL application where in one form, a variable of type date >is displayed in a screen array in the format "DD.MM". This is achieved >with a "USING" directive in the screen definition. > >The program has been in use for over a year, but now I found out >that the program crashes very often when the user navigates inside >the screen array using the PgUp or PgDown keys. Everything works >fine when only the CursorUp and CursorDown keys are used. > >The error displayed is -1212: Date conversion format must contain a >month, day, and year component. > >In the Informix product defect database, I found #96081: DATES DO >NOT DISPLAY PROPERLY WHEN UDING MM/YY FORMAT. No version is displayed >where this defect is fixed. > >Could this be related? I really don't want the year displayed in >this field, all I need are day and month! What can I do? Since you use the word 'display' as opposed to input or something similar, I'm assuming this date is not one the user supplies. If all else fails you can create a char(5) variable and put your values into it for display in the form as dd.mm. carlos Currently on hiatus from unemployment. ---------------------- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com