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  • Subject: Re: sql help
  • From: "R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:52:04 -0400


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark_McCarty@nexnet.navy.mil <Mark_McCarty@nexnet.navy.mil>
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 2:06 PM
Subject: sql help


>I am attempting to string together a series of numeric fields(MMDDYY) into
a
>view, is this possible?
>The three fields I'm attempting to string are 2,0 numeric.
>I have attempted the following:
>1>    char(mm) || char(dd) || char(yy)  which provides spaces between the
>numerals.
>2>    strip (char(mm)) || strip (char(dd)) || strip (char(yy)) which cuts
off
>the 0's.
>


  char( MM * 10000 + DD * 100 + YY, 6)

if you need the leading zero, you may still have a problem since you are
converting this to a character representation.

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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