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    Date Field - "Function requested is not supported"

    I am new to Alpha5, so I will try to be as descriptive as possible. I have searched the forum and what limited instructions there are to no avail.

    I am using SQL Server and have a date field (datatype = date) that I am attempting to enter using the grid - "Grid with updateable detail view". I have simplified it to two fields - the primary key field and the date field. The grid allows a date picker to be used on the date field. I place it by itself on a blank .a5w page and load it in any browser (I've tried Firefox, IE, Chrome, and Safari).

    When I attempt to add or update an entry, I am given the error "Record was not updated. Function requested is not supported" (see attachment). But when I preview the grid on my development computer, it works fine. I have tried different tables and databases and still have the same problem. I have eliminated the date picker and still get the error.

    The only thing I can narrow it down to (with my limited knowledge) is the function time("{grid.clientSideDateFormat}",<value>) in the Display Format setting (see attachment). I have attempted changing it and eliminating it without success. When I switch to the Xbasic view, it remains as .DisplayFormat = "time(\"{grid.clientSideDateFormat}\",<value>)" no matter what I have in that field.

    I am using Build 4369_3712 for both my development machine and production machine. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
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    Re: Date Field - &quot;Function requested is not supported&quot;

    Sorry I can't help more, but I just built a grid, SQL Server 2008, using the Northwinds Employees table which has a couple of date fields in it. One field I left as Date, another field I changed to Datetime, and I added a new field with a datatype of Date. The grid main part is read-only with a detail part. The display format for all date fields is: time("{grid.clientSideDateFormat}",<value>). They all work for changing, adding and updating... no errors.

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      Re: Date Field - &quot;Function requested is not supported&quot;

      Thanks, David for checking on your system. At least I can isolate it to my server. I found a place that I could override (or eliminate) that statement, but it still did not work, so it must be a function that I cannot directly access. Does anyone know how I can get alpha to tell me the function it apparently cannot support?

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        Re: Date Field - &quot;Function requested is not supported&quot;

        What's the statement?

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          Re: Date Field - &quot;Function requested is not supported&quot;

          Sorry, the time("{grid.clientSideDateFormat}",<value>) that I thought was giving it problems.

          I'm fairly certain its the Alpha Web Server that is the issue since it works with two development stations I have. I was hoping I could figure out which function it doesn't like so I can either report it or make a work around.

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            Re: Date Field - &quot;Function requested is not supported&quot;

            time("{grid.clientSideDateFormat}",<value>) is the default Display Format so I wouldn't think there's an issue here. What versions of development and WAS do you have running? It's a longshot, but maybe there's an issue with the WAS install. You could try a re-install of that. As you say, if it runs locally, then it's WAS that's the culprit.

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              Re: Date Field - &quot;Function requested is not supported&quot;

              For completeness of this thread, the issue is between Windows 2008 server and MS SQL Server. The WAP seems to not like the "date" type in SQL. It needs to be "datetime". I had to rebuild the web component after rebuilding the table with the right data type. Then it worked perfectly.

              For people searching for a solution, here are several other threads for reference which had the same problem:

              http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...-not-supported
              http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...-not-supported
              http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...-not-supported

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                Re: Date Field - &quot;Function requested is not supported&quot;

                See http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...on-Error-HY104

                The 11-30-2011 04:17 PM solution above solves the problem for the Application Server v11.

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