Using SETSYSTEMVAL in Quiz

[Edis, Bob]

G'day Guy

Try using 
DEFINE d_a INT SIZE 1 = 1 IF (SETSYSTEMVAL('STDATE',ASCII(st-date,8))) ELSE
0

I haven't got PH around (haven't had for over a year) to test it but I
believe the SETSYSTEMVAL() has to be part of a condition not the value
assignment.

Regards,
Blue

-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Werry
To: PH Mailing List (E-mail)
Sent: 9/26/2002 2:11 PM
Subject: Using SETSYSTEMVAL in Quiz

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

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