Thanks!!!!

I got it to work the way you first specified by using the format

{01/01/2002 00:00:00} for the startdatetime

and

{01/31/2002 00:00:00} for the enddatetime for the EXAMPLE part of the Remote View...

I will certainly KEEP your replies in my printouts!!!

Thanks again!

Tommy
>Oh if you do that way then backend expects to get in ODBC canonical format :
>
>transform(ttoc(dtot(ldDate),1),'@R 9999/99/99 99:99:99')
>
>You might try shorter form :
>transform(dtoc(ldDate,1),'@R 9999/99/99')
>
>Cetin
>
>>I'll give this a try... I was using the Remote View Wizard and trying to use some static values to get a feel for the syntax that Oracle wants....
>>
>>I was using stuff like '01/01/2001' ... ^2002-01-01 ... and the like but nothing would work....
>>
>>>>I have to set up a remote view with a parameterized datetime field...
>>>>
>>>>Question 1 - After selecting the paydate (datetime) field in the selection criteria and selecting equals.... what do I type in for the EXAMPLE... I can't seem to get this right without getting an error (column not found - or else incorrect month).
>>>>
>>>>Question 2 - For a datetime range (between a lower date and an ending date), what would the example be?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for the help....
>>>>
>>>>Tommy
>>>
>>>Tommy,
>>>I don't use Oracle but it should be same as in SQL server :
>>>
>>>

>>>*1)
>>>SQLExec(handle,"select * from myTable"+;
>>> " where myDate = ?thisform.txtPayDate.Value",'Result')
>>>
>>>*2)
>>>SQLExec(handle,"select * from myTable"+;
>>> " where myDate between "+;
>>> "?thisform.txtStartDate.Value and ?thisform.txtEndDate.Value", 'Result')
>>>

Cetin