RE: strsql how to cram fields together

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oops, forgot the space...

Select substr(docid,1,25) concat ' ' concat 
       substr(title,1,30) as title
  from rjsimage/docs00
where title like 'Amendment F%'

For that matter, if docid is ever less than 25 characters, you might want to trim this up to make it prettier...

Select trim(substr(docid,1,25)) concat ' ' concat 
       substr(title,1,30) as title
  from rjsimage/docs00
where title like 'Amendment F%'

-Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DeLong, Eric
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 4:42 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: strsql how to cram fields together

Just for the record, I usually use SUBSTR in place of LEFT, as I find myself VERY comfortable with substring functions...  It behaves intuitively in terms of the length of the returned string, so I find it suits me to a TEE...

Select substr(docid,1,25) concat substr(title,1,30) as title
  from rjsimage/docs00
where title like 'Amendment F%'

-Eric DeLong

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buck Calabro
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 3:35 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: strsql how to cram fields together

On 3/28/2014 4:27 PM, Stone, Joel wrote:
> select left(docid,25),left(title,30) title
>   from rjsimage/docs00
> where title like 'Amendment F%'
>
> should cram the docid and title field together (with a space separating)
>
> Unfortunately when displayed, it still treats the first field as length 100 so the screen is mostly blank as shown.
>
> Any ideas how to cram fields together with a single space or two between?
>
> Thanks
>
>                                                            Display Data
>                                                                                                   Data width . . . . . . :     302
>  Position to line  . . . . .                                                                  Shift to column  . . . . . .
>  ....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8....+....9....+...10....+...11....+...12....+...13.
> LEFT ( DOCID , 25 )                                                                                   TITLE
>  AS400DOC-000000000851335                                                                              Amendment Form
>  AS400DOC-000000000980174                                                                              Amendment Form
>  AS400DOC-000000003746431                                                                              Amendment Form
>  AS400DOC-000000001071351                                                                              Amendment Form

CAST it as a character of the length that you prefer.
select cast(left(docid,25) as char(25))...
  --buck