Using cdate function to display data under criteria

Hello -
I'm new to the groups here, so bear with me :) I am trying to
change an existing function that currently only displays records that
fall under a criteria of

NOT(now>cdate(OTDate & ' 2:00 AM')

If I wanted to change this function to display entries that are before
6:00 pm the day before the OTDate, how could I modify this part of my
code? should is be something like this...

NOT(now>cdate((OTDate -1) & ' 6:00 PM')


Thanks

D

Evertjan
Fri Jul 07 15:59:01 CDT 2006

wrote on 07 jul 2006 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> Hello -
> I'm new to the groups here, so bear with me :) I am trying to
> change an existing function that currently only displays records that
> fall under a criteria of
>
> NOT(now>cdate(OTDate & ' 2:00 AM')
>
> If I wanted to change this function to display entries that are before
> 6:00 pm the day before the OTDate, how could I modify this part of my
> code? should is be something like this...
>
> NOT(now>cdate((OTDate -1) & ' 6:00 PM')

You would not need the outer () here

NOT a>b

is the same as:

a<=b

and since exact equality on the milisecond is unimportant
in a real time testing like below,
that is the same here as:

a<b

================================

I would never make a date by concatenating strings,
and I would never use am/pm.
So no need for cdate here.

================================

try:

OTDate = #2006/7/8# 'tomorrow
if now < dateadd("h",2,OTDate) then
duty = "John" 'before 2 am for Americans
elseif now < dateadd("h",18,OTDate) then
duty = "Pete" 'between 2 am and 6 pm for Americans
else
duty = "Bill" 'after 6 pm for Americans
end if



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email0203
Tue Jul 11 12:25:45 CDT 2006

The purpose of this particular screen is to only show certain records
based on criteria. Our employees use this online interface to sign up
for, modify, and cancel overtime that our operations department posts.
Once an employee signs up for available overtime, we require them to
provide ample notice to cancel/modify so that we are aware of what our
availability will be for the following work day. here is more of the
code, perhaps this will help to explain - we basically want to require
them to inform us by 6pm the day before the actual signed up overtime
date ( so if I sign up for 7/13/06, I have until 6pm on 7/12/06 to
cancel/modify that date ) We use this "criteria" code to display the
overtime signed up for. Hope this helps. Thanks!

' Retreive the term being searched for.
reqOTDate = Request.QueryString("txtOTDate")
if IsDate(reqOTDate) then
reqOTDate = reqOTDate
else
reqOTDate = ""
end if

' Retrieve page to show or default to the first
If Request.QueryString("page") = "" Then
iPageCurrent = 1
Else
iPageCurrent = CInt(Request.QueryString("page"))
End If

'Build dynamic sql.
sql = "select * from tbl_Employee "

If blnWhere Then sql = sql & " AND " Else sql = sql & " WHERE " :
blnWhere = True
sql = sql & "UserID = " & session("UserID") & " AND deleted='no' AND
NOT(now>cdate(OTDate & ' 2:00 AM'))"