Welcome to the group, Cathy!
No, there is no "date stamp" record on the data unless you create one
yourself. You can create a simple computed column:
DateEdited = .#DATE
but that date will be changed anytime someone edits the row. So if you want
a true date Entered that would never change, you would create this computed
column:
DateEntered = (IFNULL(DateEntered, .#DATE, DateEntered))
(You would have to test the above, I think that's the correct syntax)
Karen
> This group is way out of my league, so I hope this is an acceptable
> question for you. I am an individual RBase user -not a programmer and have
> only
> intermediate computer knowledge. Though I have used RBase since early Dos
> days,
> my expertise/knowledge of this program is limited only to what I needed to
> learn for my personal data entry, forms and reports. So I'm sure 98% of the
> complex programming you will be discussing here will be way over my head, but
> thought it couldn't hurt to ask for help if I had a few questions. I have
> the latest RBase version now.
>
> Question.
>
> Is there any way I can search for rows (or print out report) in a
> database table by the actual date the row was entered if the table does NOT
> have
> an autodate column to search by (i.e., does R:Base create a date (hidden) for
> each row that is added or modified that is searchable)? I have thousands of
> rows and didn't want to take space in the old days for autodate column, and
> if I try to add now, will only get the same current date the column is added
> (invalid for all previous entries).
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Cathy
> Huntington Beach, Ca
>
