Data Type Conversion

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string(date-field)

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From: "brentferland" <brentferland@...>
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Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:46 AM
Subject: [Vantage] Data Type Conversion


> In the progress programming language is there a datatype conversion
> function, if so what is the syntax, I want to change a Date to a Text
> string. Thanks
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In the progress programming language is there a datatype conversion
function, if so what is the syntax, I want to change a Date to a Text
string. Thanks
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Brent,

string(date)

Aaron Hoyt

Hittite Microwave Corporation



-----Original Message-----
From: brentferland [mailto:brentferland@...]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:47 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Data Type Conversion



In the progress programming language is there a datatype conversion
function, if so what is the syntax, I want to change a Date to a Text
string. Thanks



Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
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You can use the function
string(source[,format])

Bart Sgroi

-----Original Message-----
From: brentferland [mailto:brentferland@...]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:47 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Data Type Conversion


In the progress programming language is there a datatype conversion
function, if so what is the syntax, I want to change a Date to a Text
string. Thanks



Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links



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thanks