in %db_def, I have this entry:
date => [1, 'date', 12, 15, 1, &get_date, ''],

defaulted into a field...when I go to add a record, the date appears as 25-Jan-2000 in the text box, but when I go to enter the record, I get an invalid date format, and cannot input the record. The html is:
Date<INPUT TYPE=DATE VALUE="$rec{'date'}">

Question is...how can I get the date to work

You have the wrong INPUT field!

It should be:


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thanks...that did the trick even better than having an open field...

Good.

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