Last Character ?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:15 AM
> To: Ken Cole
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Last Charactor ?
> 
> On 3/19/2012 12:48 AM, Ken Cole wrote:
> > Scott,
> >
> > Try the highest printable ASCII character which from memory is a ~.
> >
> > So, ~~~~~~YYYY/MM/DD where the date component can be your
> 9999/31/12
> > or the other suggestion using PFCMARK if set in your environment.
> 
> Since the data is a 4-digit year, PFCMARK is irrelevant for it.  Although
I don't
> know what data he's storing in that field, it is not bounded by PFCMARK.
> 
> [...]
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> >> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com]
> >> On
> [...]
> >> I'm building a index select processing and wondered what the LAST
> >> record could be ?
> >>
> >> What would be the last entry for this field ?
> >>
> >> Extended Index field :-
> >>
> >> AAAAAAYYYY/MM/DD
> >>
> >> 6 Alpha Code with allup edit and a backward date
> >>
> >> So would the LAST possible entry be :
> >>
> >> ZZZZZZ9999/99/99
> >>
> >> Or should it include other characters such as '.,*@~' if so what
> >> would be the last character available ?
> 
> --
> Kenneth Brody

Ken,

I had suggested to him, off list, that he use pfcmark in this manner:

Date="20"{getenv("pfcmark"){"12/31"

Lv=999999&date

This would give him the highest possible values for the lookup.  Of course
this would depend on the value of pfcmark.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting

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