pcsoft.us.windevCopyright 2026, PC SOFT19 Apr 2016 07:37:00 Z18 Apr 2016 18:22:00 ZHi Al What is the best-practice way to test for an empty date field i.e. a date field which contains nothing? TIA30WEBDEVen_UShttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field/read.awpmoderateur@pcsoft.fr (El moderador)webmaster@pcsoft.fr (El webmaster)guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57351/read.awp19 Apr 2016 07:37:00 ZAl, Thanks, DateValid() is what I like best. Will use that.https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57351/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57351/read.awp[WD20] - Best way to test empty date fieldguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57348/read.awp18 Apr 2016 22:38:00 Zdate = nullhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57348/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57348/read.awp[WD20] - Best way to test empty date fieldguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57347/read.awp18 Apr 2016 21:46:00 ZHello JP The test for date = "" is the test for a date being empty but you can also use the DateValid() function which will t…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57347/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57347/read.awp[WD20] - Best way to test empty date fieldguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57345/read.awp18 Apr 2016 18:44:00 ZPaulo Yes, I was doing that but it seemed counter-intuitive to compare a date field to a string and so thought I would ask to…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57345/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57345/read.awp[WD20] - Best way to test empty date fieldguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57344/read.awp18 Apr 2016 18:36:00 Zif your_date="" then ... endhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57344/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57343-wd20-best-way-test-empty-date-field-57344/read.awp[WD20] - Best way to test empty date field