Possible 'undocumented' feature in QUIZ

[Pickering, John (NORBORD)]

Bob

Same thing happens for any other record length. And it doesn't seem to
matter if the record length is even or odd.

But you're right -- with no dictionary it works fine. But I fear this work
around will have somewhat limited use :-)

Off to the labs with you!!

Regards,
JWP

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Deskin, Bob [SMTP:Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:11 PM
> To:	powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
> Subject:	RE: Possible 'undocumented' feature in QUIZ
> 
> I don't know why this happens. I was playing around with this and found
> that
> it only happened when a dictionary is specified. The default sysdate if
> you
> have no dictionary is century excluded with a format of YYMMDD. I then
> tested with a dictionary with century excluded (I had one lying around
> from
> Y2K testing - remember that?) and everything worked. With a dictionary
> with
> century included, I get what you get.
> 
> If the sysdate value was binary zeros (null), then QUIZ would show the
> results we're seeing. Why that would be I don't know. Does this happen
> with
> any other report widths?
> 
> Bob Deskin              
> PowerHouse Web Product Manager and Senior Product Advisor
> Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
> bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178
> 3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pickering, John (NORBORD) [mailto:PICKERIJ@norbord.com]
> Sent: January 9, 2001 12:07 PM
> To: 'Karman, Al'; powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
> Subject: RE: Possible 'undocumented' feature in QUIZ
> 
> 
> Al
> 
> You're right - it does behave rather curiously!
> 
> With this code and 8.19.C4 I get the same result -- a "2" in column 161.
> 
> > :file temp1;temp
> > :purge temp1,temp
> > set report device disc name temp1
> > set page width 169 length 1
> > set nohead
> > report &
> >   tab   1 "Text" &
> >   tab 161 sysdate pic "^^^^^^^^" &
> >   tab 169 "2"
> > 
> 
> But if I change the page length from 1 to 2 I get what I expect - i.e. the
> 8
> digit yyyymmdd in 161/168 and a "2" in 169. Adding 'set report spacing 0'
> makes no difference.
> 
> Sorry - no explanation from me. I'll leave that to @.Cognos.
> 
> Do you really need a 169 byte record length? Besides my natural aversion
> to
> odd length records in both MPE and PH I'd prefer a little slack at the end
> of each record. All is fine with a record length of 170 :-)
> 
> Regards,
> JWP
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Karman, Al [SMTP:AKarman@USFreightways.com]
> > Sent:	Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:45 PM
> > To:	powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
> > Subject:	Possible 'undocumented' feature in QUIZ
> > 
> > Greetings to the list.....
> > 
> > I came across something interesting and am curious if others have had
> the
> > same experience.
> > 
> > In QUIZ (PH8.29D) on my trusty HP 3000 937/LX running MPE/iX 6.0 pp0....
> >   (Oh Yeah, I'm Running For Power Patches Right Now....!)
> > 
> > I SET REP DEV DISK, and SET PAGE WIDTH 169.
> > 
> > When I try to REPORT .....TAB 161 SYSDATE PIC '^^^^^^^^' &
> > 				TAB 169 '1'
> > 
> > My record[161:9] = '2        '
> > 
> >    => YET <=
> > 
> > When I SET PAGE WIDTH 170
> > My record[161:9] = '200101041'
> > 
> > I welcome any information on this....
> > 
> > Thanks In Advance!
> > 
> > Al Karman
> > 
> 
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