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Hi Rob,

That's kind of interesting.  In your working statement

    values cast(15.2 - 2.1 as numeric(15, 3))

it didn't complain about the 15.2 or the 2.1.  I tried

    values cast(15,2 - 2,1 as numeric(15, 3))

and it had no complaints with that either.

The help for

Decimal point . . . . . . . . *comma

says

*COMMA
The representation for the decimal point is a comma.

but it obviously takes either. (v7r3)

-- *Peter Dow* /Dow Software Services, Inc. 909 793-9050 petercdow@xxxxxxxxx pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx /

On 9/29/2022 9:43 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:
If I go into STRSQL and run this:
values cast(15.2 - 2.1 as numeric(15,3))
it works.
Then I try F13
1. Change session attributes
Decimal point . . . . . . . . *comma
And try this
values cast(15.2 - 2.1 as numeric(15,3))
I get: SQL0104 Token ( was not valid. Valid tokens: ).
But if I try this:
values cast(15.2 - 2.1 as numeric(15, 3))
it works. It just looks funny to this Yank as:
VALUES
13,100

See also
RUNSQLSTM ... DECMPT(*PERIOD)
But it's best to just get into the habit of adding the space instead of relying upon adding stuff like DECMPT.



Rob Berendt

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