Loading Date Based on a Flag var

Set a new variable: $cdate
that depends on the $close_flag var

if ($close_flag eq 'Y')

{$cdate='SYSDATE';}

else ### open call, set date to null ###

{$cdate="''";} #pass a null string w/no quotes
(that's a double-quote,single-quote, single-quote,double-quote)