Hi Martijn,

> Well, I guess IBO is creating a text-column. Not a date-one.
> This makes sense - how would you format a date that says
> 'not defined'

You are right. When I do COALESCE(Z_Date, NULL), the date
is displayed correctly.

> If you want to format the date to your particular displayformat,
> you have to do it yourself.

It's a bit OT here, but do you know a good way to modify IBO's way
of making up fields? My application is non-visual, so I cannot use
all the opportunities of the visual components.


Christian