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  3. August 2019

RE: How do I convert a VARCHAR field to a CHAR field in a VIEW?

Sample conversion covering both
Varchar to char
10 character name (char567890) to 6 character name (char12)

create table rob.d0829 (
char567890 varchar(10)
)
;
create view rob.v0829 as (
select
char(char567890, 10) as char12
from rob.d0829)
;
insert into rob.d0829
(char567890)
values('test');

select * from rob.v0829;

Rob Berendt

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