'Y' in defined item name

Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:28:21 +0000

We are using 7.10.F3 on OpenVMS V7.1 and it works they way it is supposed
to!

    YBCDE     AYCDE     ABYDE     ABCYE     ABCDY

  18-12-89  18-12-89  18-12-89  18-12-89  18-12-89
  01-01-02  01-01-02  01-01-02  01-01-02  01-01-02
  13-01-90  13-01-90  13-01-90  13-01-90  13-01-90
  13-01-92  13-01-92  13-01-92  13-01-92  13-01-92
  13-01-89  13-01-89  13-01-89  13-01-89  13-01-89
  13-01-92  13-01-92  13-01-92  13-01-92  13-01-92
  14-01-93  14-01-93  14-01-93  14-01-93  14-01-93

The date field I referenced is zoned unsigned size 6 in an RMS file.   I
also checked using a VMSDATE field in an RDB table and got the same result,
so it looks like something that crept in between F3 and G!!

Regards
Douglas Brown
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08:15 -----

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                    09/11/2001 16:49                                                                                       

Here's a very straight-forward Quiz program:

> cancel clear
> access <file>
>
> define ybcde date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE
> define aycde date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE
> define abyde date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE
> define abcye date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE
> define abcdy date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE
>
> report ybcde &
>        aycde &
>        abyde &
>        abcye &
>        abcdy
> go

And here's the output:
    YBCDE     AYCDE     ABYDE     ABCYE     ABCDY

  01/05/60  01/05/60  010560    01/05/60  01/05/60
  27/05/60  27/05/60  270560    27/05/60  27/05/60
  27/05/60  27/05/60  270560    27/05/60  27/05/60
  27/05/60  27/05/60  270560    27/05/60  27/05/60
  27/05/60  27/05/60  270560    27/05/60  27/05/60

My query: EVERY TIME when the character "Y" is in THIRD position of a
DEFINEd item name, the date SEPARATOR is not printed. Why is that?

Cheers,
Martijn Nabben
Analyst/Programmer, INL IT
Wellington, New Zealand
PowerHouse 4GL Quiz version 7.10.G on VAX/OpenVMS V7.1

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