Using SETSYSTEMVAL in Quiz

[Guy Werry]

Hey there all.  Quiz 7.33.D3 on HP-Ux 10.20.

I'd really like to be able to use Quiz to do a SETSYSTEMVAL, but it keeps
gagging on me, even though the manual seems to indicate that Quiz knows how
to use SETSYSTEMVAL.

Below is an example of the sort of error that I get:

> def a         integer signed size 1 =
(setsystemval('STDATE',ascii(st-date,8)))
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^
*E* Expected:  -  (  ABSOLUTE  CEILING  CHECKSUM  DATE  DATEEXTRACT  DAYS
      ROUND  LINKVALUE  FLOOR  LASTDAY  ADDCENTURY  REMOVECENTURY  NCONVERT
      SIZE  INDEX  MOD  SUM  <number>  MISSING  NULL  SYSDATE  SYSTIME
      <qualifier>  <item>

Anyone got any bright ideas?

G.L. (Guy) Werry 
Senior Systems Analyst
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Ph:  204-687-2374
Fax: 204-687-2771
guy.werry@hbms.ca