Date settings in search form

rbuser

Hello,

We are wondering how we can set the date format used in the auto search
form. It appears to be always in mm/dd/yyyy format, regardless of language
settings of both client and server.

Can we change it in code?

Kind regards,
Mariella

nardmoseley

- for the ClientReport, see the following article.

- the WebTier currently does not support alternate formatting because the
JavaScript validation code is not flexible enough. This is on the list of
things to improve.

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Tech Tip: Date formats used by DADE
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DADE handles in two phases:


1. User entry

This occurs when the user specifies a date using the Query tools or the
AutoSearch dialog. DADE converts the date string entered by the user into a
Delphi TDateTime value. The string entered by the user is converted using
Delphi's StrToDateTime. By default Delphi's StrToDateTime relies on the date
formatting variables for the current windows locale. These can be overridden
by the developer. See Delphi online help for StrToDateTime for more
information.


2. SQL submitted to the server

When generating the SQL to be submitted to the database server, DADE
converts the TDateTime value from number 1 above, to a string using the
Delphi's FormatDateTime function. The format string used to convert the
TDateTime is specified by the TdaSession.GetSearchCriteriaDateFormat and
TdaSession.GetSearchCriteriaTimeFormat functions. These are virtual methods
which may be overridden by descendant TdaSession classes.

Below are the default values returned.


{------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
{ TdaSession.GetSearchCriteriaDateFormat }

function TdaSession.GetSearchCriteriaDateFormat(aDatabaseType:
TppDatabaseType; const aDatabaseName: String): String;
begin

{return a format usable by FormatDate}
case aDatabaseType of

dtMSAccess:
Result := 'YYYY-MM-DD';

dtMSSQLServer, dtSybaseASA, dtSybaseASE, dtOracle:
Result := 'YYYY/MM/DD';

dtAdvantage:
Result := 'YYYY-MM-DD';

else
Result := 'MM/DD/YYYY';

end;

end; {function, GetSearchCriteriaDateFormat}

{------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
{ TdaSession.GetSearchCriteriaTimeFormat }

function TdaSession.GetSearchCriteriaTimeFormat(aDatabaseType:
TppDatabaseType; const aDatabaseName: String): String;
begin
{return a format usable by FormatDateTime}
case aDatabaseType of

dtMSAccess:
Result := 'HH::MM::SS';

else
Result := 'HH:MM:SS';
end;

end; {function, GetSearchCriteriaTimeFormat}



Note: DADE augments the above with additional formatting delimiters for
Oracle and MSAccess. See TdaSQL.ResolveCriteria located in
RBuilder\Source\daSQL.pas for more information.






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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hi Nard,

Could you give an estimate when this problem will be tackled?
Not being able to use another date format other than mm/dd/yyyy is
hard to explain to a lot of our European customers.

regards
Paul

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:48:49 -0500, "Nard Moseley \(Digital

rbuser

Hi Nard,

A week ago I posted the following message, but haven't receive dan
answer yet..

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Hi Nard,

Could you give an estimate when this problem will be tackled?
Not being able to use another date format other than mm/dd/yyyy is
hard to explain to a lot of our European customers.

regards
Paul

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:48:49 -0500, "Nard Moseley \(Digital

nardmoseley

I do not have a specific time estimate. This is somthing that we would like
to improve. The JavaScript Date object is currently be used to parse the
date string and it does not support date formats. We need to find a new
approach. I have shared the javscript with some customers that wanted to
pursue a solution and we are continuing to research it as time allows. I am
willing to share the current javascript source, if you are interest send an
email request to support@digital-metaphors.com .


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com