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Rob,

Newer version of DB2 do have some auto-casting functionality.

But you shouldn't be counting on it in production code.

What language are you writing in? Can you show some code examples?

I don't understand how you'd be creating SQL functions that didn't know
what they were dealing with.

Charles

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Rob <rob.couch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey guys,

As I am transitioning from MySQL, I want to run an issue by you.

In my integer/float/ decimal fields I use functions that create SET
strings or INSERT FIELD and VALUES strings which place single quotes around
the values. So far I have not seen any ill effects from this practice. If
I create an INSERT manually and know I am dealing with a numeric value
going into a numeric field i do not use the single quotes.

But in my functions I do not test or other wise know that the value of
a name => value pair in an associative array is necessarily numeric. As I
said so far, DB2 seems to know that the string I am inserting is a number
and stores it correctly. So in my testing and what I have read, I have not
been very concerned.

But I am creating code that run a financial entity. The more I code
on the i, with PCI compliance in mind, the more I worry about getting
things 100%.

Please let me know I have nothing to worry about...

Thanks
Rob

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