RPG and STRSQL have almost no relationship. RPG is a programming language and STRSQL is a SQL command-line utility.

You can INSERT into DATE columns by using a value that is already formatted correctly, by using a value that comes from another DATE variable or by CASTing a value into a DATE value, and possibly other ways.

If some examples of what was tried were shown, we could offer corrections or alternatives.

Be aware that SQL statements from STRSQL often won’t work the same when embedded in a program. Programs commonly use host variables which can introduce some subtle differences.

Tom

insert into filename (cvtdtetoiso(CURRENT_DATE), 20050622)

– the lines got screwed up a little, but I’m sure you can figure out what would look nice. “yoursystemlibraryname” is not QSYS, its a system library above all other libraries, we store SQL functions and system wide overrides there. No source.

– Convert from date to an ISO date

CREATE FUNCTION yoursystemlibraryname/CvtDTEtoISO
(dte date)
RETURNS decimal(8,0)
LANGUAGE SQL
SET OPTION DATFMT=*ISO,
TGTRLS=V5R3M0

BEGIN

DECLARE F_OUTPUT decimal(8,0);
DECLARE F_TEST INTEGER ;
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR SQLEXCEPTION SET F_TEST = 1 ;

SET F_TEST = 0;
SET F_OUTPUT = DECIMAL((YEAR(dte)*10000 + MONTH(dte)*100 + DAY(dte)),8);

IF F_TEST = 0 THEN RETURN F_OUTPUT ;
ELSE RETURN NULL;
END IF;

END

You must use the format,as define via F13, with STRSQL.

In France, the default format is *DMY, so i use ‘DD/MM/YY’, but if you use the internationnal *ISO format, use ‘YYYY-MM-DD’ (wich is the default format with JDBC/Operation Navigator).

So , look your session format with F13 in STRSQL, first.

Christian.