>>Jim,
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>>I searched here by date view parameterized. I found this message Forum: Visual FoxPro Category: Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax Title: Re: Views created on other views Thread #438540 Message #438631 and another in the thread "Strict date" by Fred Taylor.
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>>Try to search here, I remember this problem was discussed.
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>Yes, all in relation to problems during runtime, WHICH IS NOT MY PROBLEM. I try to enter a valid date into the view's parameter prompt dialog, and it errors. If I change my STRICTDATE setting to 0, yes, I can plow through with damn near any bunch of numbers. Why does this dialog NOT WORK as per the help files? Why can I not enter a date such as {^2001-01-01} and not get an ambiguous date error? I think this is a bug - not a big deal, but a pain at the moment.

As Fred Taylor explained in his message (Strictdate thread), the date converts back to character, that's the problem :( You can't type it in view designer. All you can do is define variable and assign it to the date.