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  3. July 2009

RE: Finding invalid data in zoned numeric fields with SQL

Wont this work?

Update mytable set mypacked = 0
Where hex(mypacked) = '40404040'

-Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Essinger
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 11:08 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Finding invalid data in zoned numeric fields with SQL

I have a file that has bad data showing up in a field. The file was
created
by a third party software vendor, and while we wait for them to find and
fix
the problem, I need to find a way to identify those records with invalid
data, and replace that data with zeros. I would like to do this with
SQL if
I can, but I don't know how to test a numeric field for the hex value of
"40404040" or blanks. Better yet would be to test "Not numeric" (I know
that COBOL can do that test!).


Is there a way to test if a numeric field contains something other than
a
number in SQL?

Thanks!

Jim

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