Re: Visual Basic SQl statement

>> products; they seem to cast the parameter's data type incorrectly.  Usually
>> when I've had problems it's because I'm trying to use a parameterized query
>> with a numeric field being one of the parameters.  This doesn't seem to be
>> your case, but I'll share what I do anyways.  Use the Digits() function to
>> turn your numeric field into an alpha/numeric field and then compare to a
>> character value.
>>
>> In your case, the Where statement should be changed to:
>> Digits(PZBSB) > '00000000'

> You really don't want to do that, you'd force the AS/400 to run the digits
> command for each row before comparing it. If there is an index that it could
> use you just threw it out the window.

Performance isn't the point to this exercise though.  The point is to get a
parameterized query to work correctly when one of the parameters is compared to
a numeric field on the 400.  If you know of a way to do this without resorting
to Digits() I'd love to hear it.

If you haven't run into this problem before, try creating a parameterized query
in MS Query which compares against a numeric field.  In MS Query, it will work
properly, but when it comes time to download to Excel, the ODBC driver will
throw an error.

Bill


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