Re: bad, bad field misuse. need to turn into to SQL.

How's this?:

select cast(substr((IXXXX * 10000),1,5) as decimal(5,0)) *.001 as width,
cast(substr((IXXXX * 10000),6,6) as decimal(6,0)) * .001 as length
from ...



Yours truly,

Glenn Gundermann
Email: glenn.gundermann@xxxxxxxxx
Cell: (416) 317-3144


On 8 January 2015 at 09:51, Gqcy <gmufasa01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I need to get length and width out of our item master via SQL..
database field defined: Packed 11,4 (IXXXX)


old, <charles barkley>TERRIBLE</cb> desire usage of field:
width: positions 1 -5, 3 decimal positions
length: positions 6-11, 3 decimal positions

good ole RPGII code to do this:

C IXXXX MULT 10000 IXXXX0 11 0
C MOVEL IXXXX0 IWIDE 5 3
C MOVE IXXXX0 ILENG 6 3


or, we also did...
D ds
D IXXX4 11 4
D Width 5 3 overlay(IXXX4:1)
D length 6 3 overlay(IXXX4:6)


C IXXX4 = IXXXX;


when I try the following:

select substr((IXXXX * 10000),1,5) as width, substr((IXXXX * 10000),6,6)
as length, IPROD
from ......

I get my length and width as whole numbers, but when I try to push the
math any further (by multiplying by .001), I get zeros in my fields...


I know my penitence will be great for this...


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