RE: Opnqryf Character to Numeric

["Eric Graeb" <egraeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't believe I couldn't see that on my own.  I've been wracking my brain
for a couple days trying to convert character to numeric.  Why didn't I just
go the other way?  Major brain hemorrhage.  Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 6:03 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Opnqryf Character to Numeric

Consider the %DIGITS built-in function to convert the number to digits. 
Sign and decimal point are not included, so that might be a problem. There 
might also be leading zeroes, so check it out.

There are also several date-converson BIFs that can be useful - there are 
tricks using microseconds to convert character to numeric.

But can't numeric simply be recast as character? It's been a long, long
time.

HTH
Vern

At 03:56 PM 4/12/2005, you wrote:
>         I am running a query joining 2 files using opnqryf.  Problem is
that
>the key in one file is character and the key in the other is numeric.  A
>keyword on a mapped field maybe?
>
>
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