Re: SQL Date function question

Don,

The problem is the date is stored as 8,0P in the file as MMDDCCYY.

So while 10/10/2011 I can just char and substring 5-8 to get the year,
for 01/01/2011 I have to substring 4-7 to get the year.

That gets messy. And no, we can't change the date format. :)

And this is with dynamic SQL embedded in RPG.

Brad

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Don Osmond <don.osmond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you use CCYYMMDD and the value return as 20110101 it will work.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bradley Stone
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Subject: SQL Date function question

I've got a program that uses dynamic SQL and I'm having a hard time
finding documentation for this, or to find out if it's even possible.

The file contains a date in the format MMDDCCYY.  I need to compare
the year entered in a query with the year in the date.  At first I
thought I could just substring off characters 5-8, but that won't work
since for example:

Jan 1, 2011

is stored as

112011

So obviously that won't work.  :)

Does SQL on the iSeries have a way to convert this type of date to
something and then yank the year out to compare it against a text
literal?

Thanks!

Brad
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