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Good of you to point that out. I was in a hurry and just pasted an
earlier example.

If the table OLDTABLE is created with SQL,
CREATE TABLE ROB/OLDTABLE (OLDDATEASNBR DEC (8 , 0))
adding the view
CREATE view ROB/oldtablel01 as (
select oldDate,
DATE(DIGITS(OLDDATE) CONCAT '000000') as trueDate
from rob/oldtable)
creates edit checking on the numeric date field
INSERT INTO ROB/OLDTABLE VALUES(20101231)
INSERT INTO ROB/OLDTABLE values(null)
INSERT INTO ROB/OLDTABLE VALUES(20101232)
SQL0802 - Data conversion or data mapping error.
6 -- Numeric data that is not valid.

If, however, you created the table with DDS
R OLDTABLER
OLDDATE 8S 0 ALWNULL
then creating the view
CREATE view ROB/oldtablel01 as (
select oldDate,
DATE(DIGITS(OLDDATE) CONCAT '000000') as trueDate
from rob/oldtable)
no longer performs edit checking.

INSERT INTO ROB/OLDTABLE VALUES(20101231)
INSERT INTO ROB/OLDTABLE values(null)
INSERT INTO ROB/OLDTABLE VALUES(20101232)

select * from rob/oldtablel01
OLDDATE TRUEDATE
20,101,231 2010-12-31
- -
20,101,232 ++++++++++


Rob Berendt

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