Re: SQL string conversion

RE:     Re:  SQL string conversion
<SNIP>
>A related, ugly problem: 
>Extracting a packed or signed value embedded in a large character field 
>by a HLL program using a data structure. Can get a character string 
>representing the number out, but with (too) many function calls, could be 
>possible with one. Then apply TO_NUMBER, and your vendor package with the 
>"interesting" database is fully queryable. Should it be this hard?

>MAP_PACKED and MAP_SIGNED functions sure would help here.

Hmm
Using an Relational Data Base language to handle Non-Relational Data 
Base stuff?  Hmm.  Fix the data base. Or use a HLL to handle that 
dirty work.  Stored Procedures?

Is  TO_NUMBER an ANSI standard function?  How many Platform specific
builtin neat things are being taught/used that can't be ported over
to other ANSI platforms?  
Just Curious

I bet we'll see ALOT of this type of thing
with JAVA (thanks M$).   The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many to chose from.


JPC
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