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RE: How to chase down SQL0181 - Value in date, time, or timestampstring not valid.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 4:53 PM
>
> Dan,
>
> You could, by using the cast function.
>
> substr(digits(cast(TRNDT+190000000) as dec(8,0)),1,4)
>
> But notice that for the month and year, you could also simply drop the
> +190000000.
>
> substr(digits(cast(TRNDT+190000000) as dec(8,0)),1,4)
> ||'-'||substr(digits(TRNDT),4,2)
> ||'-'||substr(digits(TRNDT),6,2)
>
> All in all, a good example of why you should use a UDF once you get it
> working ;-)
>
> Charles

If I do the CAST in the SELECT, how then may I use that in a WHERE clause
without having to define the CAST again?

db

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