>>Hi,
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>>As a way to initiate a field into an empty date, Rick Hodgin suggested to replace ctod(' / / ') with {}.
>>Tamar Granor confirmed this suggestion. These two are real gurus in VFP.
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>>However, I am wondering, what could go wrong with ctod(' / / ')? Is there an example of how the code that follows could fail?
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>>replace MyField with ctod(' / / ')
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>Dmitry, I may be proven wrong, but I think this will only fail when you set it to fail, that is, when you SET STRICTDATE TO 2.
Thank you, Antonio. I have a great respect for your knowledge and therefore doubt that you would be proven wrong.
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