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  3. September 2011

SQL and Dates, help needed


I'm trying to select all the records in a file that have yesterday's date.
The field in the file is defined as numeric 8 positions and 0 decimals.
It is in a YYYYMMDD format.

I would think a Select with Current Date - 1 would work but is does not.


Can't compare a date (CURRENT_DATE - 1 DAY) to a numeric value.

You could try something like this:

SELECT *
FROM *yourlib.yourtable*
WHERE *yourdate* >= DECIMAL( REPLACE( CHAR( CURRENT_DATE - 1 DAY ), '-', '
'), 8 ,0 ) ;

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