DF_DRIVER_DRIVER_DATE_FORMAT

The date format used by the ODBC driver.

Level

Driver

Supported by

DataFlex ODBC Driver, revision 5 and higher

Type

Enumerated Type, temporary

Access

Read/Write

Values

DF_DATE_USA, DF_DATE_EUROPEAN, DF_DATE_MILITARY

Syntax

Use cli.pkg

Get_Attribute DF_DRIVER_DRIVER_DATE_FORMAT of {driverNumber} to {IntegerVariable}

Set_Attribute DF_DRIVER_DRIVER_DATE_FORMAT of {driverNumber} ;

    to {DF_DATE_USA|DF_DATE_EUROPEAN|DF_DATE_MILITARY}

Driver Configuration Keyword

Driver_Date_Format

Remarks

ODBC demands that drivers use the military format (yyyy-mm-dd) in the supported SQL. Nevertheless, there are drivers that do not use this format, but rather a format that depends on the country settings of the machine or the database client software. For those environments, the driver date format can be set.

This default value is copied to database level when logging in to the database. The actual value in use for an active connection is that on database level. This attribute merely reflects a default.

Function DriverIndex String sDriver Returns Integer

    String  sCurrentDriver

    Integer iNumberOfDrivers iDriver iCount

    Move 0 to iDriver

    Get_Attribute DF_NUMBER_DRIVERS to iNumberOfDrivers

    For iCount From 1 To iNumberOfDrivers

        Get_Attribute DF_DRIVER_NAME of iCount To sCurrentDriver

        If ( Uppercase(sCurrentDriver) = Uppercase(sDriver) ) Begin

            Move iCount to iDriver

        End

    Loop

    Function_Return iDriver

End_Function // DriverIndex

Procedure ShowDriverAttribute

    Integer iAttribValue iDriver

    Get DriverIndex "MSSQLDRV" to iDriver

    Get_Attribute DF_DRIVER_DRIVER_DATE_FORMAT of iDriver to iAttribValue        

    Showln "Date format: " iAttribValue ", " ;

        (If(iAttribValue = DF_DATE_MILITARY, "MILITARY", If(iAttribValue = DF_DATE_EUROPEAN, "EUROPEAN", "US")))

End_Procedure // ShowDBriverttribute                                                          

The sample code above shows the current setting for a given driver.

The driverNumber can be obtained using DF_NUMBER_DRIVERS.