>>>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.
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>This is the message Forum: Visual FoxPro Category: Coding, syntax & commands Title: Re: Strictdate Thread #472725 Message #472756.

OK, did a more exhaustive search here and found at least one respondent that admitted it was a bug in the dialog. That's all I needed to know.