used CENTURY EXCLUDED on elements

[Deskin, Bob]

In PDL, you specify DATE SIZE 6 rather than CENTURY EXCLUDED on the ELEMENT
statement. Are you doing this? I don't have a 7.10 manual in front of me, bu
tthat's what my handbook says (I'm at home). I'll have to check the manual
when I get in.

Bob Deskin              
Senior Product Advisor, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 4205 FAX: (613) 228-3149
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA


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> From: 	Robert J.M. Edis[SMTP:robert.edis@creatcomp.com]
> Sent: 	April 28, 1999 2:44 PM
> To: 	'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
> Subject: 	used CENTURY EXCLUDED on elements
> 
> G'day all
> 
> I have a system where most of the dates are CENTURY EXCLUDED in DATE Size
> 6,
> PHDATE or NUMERIC Size 6 types.  The PowerHouse versions are 6.10
> (current)
> and 7.10F (soon to be).
> 
> To make sure the date functions work ok we plan on making the PHD CENTURY
> INCLUDED with the DEFAULT CENTURY 2000 (to handle 2/29/2000).  No, I
> repeat,
> NO date expansion will be done.  Some PHD date elements are actually Size
> 8.
> 
> The 7.10 manual indicates that I can specify CENTURY EXCLUDED in the
> ELEMENT
> definitions.  I am testing my PHD changes under 6.00C and getting compile
> errors on this syntax.  I intend to use USAGES for the date elements and
> want to put CENTURY EXCLUDED in the USAGE definitions.
> 
> Has anybody done something similar?
> Did this option not exist prior to version 7.10? (I can't find the 6.n
> manuals anywhere)
> Does it actually work under 7.10?
> Can I use CENTURY EXCLUDED in the USAGE definitions?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Blue
> PowerHouse consultant
> Rhode Island, USA
> 
> Disclaimer:
> The opinions and ideas expressed in this message are my own and have no
> relationship to my current employer, Initial Technical Staffing, its
> client
> CCI, or any of CCI's clients.
> 
> 
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