Mike: I see your problem...you need to compare DATE type to DATE type; you expression should be: SET VAR vmaxdate DATE = ( .#date - 1) SET VAR vmindate DATE = ( .vmaxdate - 7 ) -- VAR vmaxtext TEXT = .vmaxdate -- VAR vmintext TEXT = .vmindate SELECT dispdate, dfct_code, pounds FROM rej_view + WHERE dispdate BETWEEN .vmindate AND .vmaxdate -- (where dispdate is a date column) Javier,
Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln, Suite #14 Olathe, Kansas 66062-4578 Office (913)829-0888 Fax (913)649-2904 Cell (913)915-3137 ================================================ Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all system and destroy all copies. ====================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ramsour Mike Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:25 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Invalid date value error Javier: The place in my code where I get the error is when I use the variable reference in a SELECT statement. For example: SET VAR vmaxdate DATE = ( .#date - 1) -- SET VAR vmindate DATE = ( .vmaxdate - 7 ) -- SET VAR vmaxtext TEXT = .vmaxdate -- SET VAR vmintext TEXT = .vmindate -- SELECT dispdate, dfct_code, pounds FROM rej_view WHERE dispdate BETWEEN .vmintext AND .vmaxtext (where dispdate is a date column) It's something to do with how R:Base is interpreting the variables at a particular moment in time. The same variables will be interpreted correctly at one point in a program and will err out in another part of my program. I am going to go through my programs and use your suggestion about using the CTXT function. I'll see if that helps. Thanks -- Mike -----Original Message----- From: Javier Valencia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Invalid date value error Mike: I believe that your code should work correctly; however, I prefer the following command to convert a DATE value to TEXT: SET VAR vmintext TEXT = (CTXT(.vmindate)) I am not sure where in your code you get the error. I would think that it would be if you try to compare/equate variables of different type. You might try TRACEing your code to determine where you get the error and then make sure that your variables are properly defined and your expressions have variables of like type. Javier, Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln, Suite #14 Olathe, Kansas 66062-4578 Office (913)829-0888 Fax (913)649-2904 Cell (913)915-3137 ================================================ Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all system and destroy all copies. ====================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ramsour Mike Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:11 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Invalid date value error Good morning: I frequently get an "Invalid date value" error in my programs. Based on advice from the list, I typically create a date variable and then assign the value to a text variable. For example: SET VAR vmindate DATE = ( .#date - 1) -- SET VAR vmintext TEXT = .vmindate I then use the text equivalent of the variable in my program using <column> = .vmintext. What is perplexing is that I can run a program and get the error message and then IMMEDIATELY rerun the program and it will run fine with no errors. I have confirmed the value of the variables using the SHOW VAR command. My database gets RELOADed daily and I run R:SCOPE against to verify the database integrity. Why is this happening? Is there a better way to deal with date values? I am using R:Base 6.5++ (sorry, my company hasn't given me the money yet to upgrade to 7.1 -- drat!) Please help before I go completely crazy! Thanks Mike Ramsour c/o AK Steel Voice 740-829-4340
