RE: Date to 8 char in SQL -- MIDRANGE-L

Sorry,

Don't know what I was thinking. You asked for SQL, I gave you RPG.

The simpler way is to wrap the harder way in a UDF. For that matter, you could define a UDF from an
RPG procedure that does what you need using the code I originally provided.

If you don't know about UDFs, take a look at the "Stored Procedures, Triggers, and User-Defined
Functions on DB2 Universal Database for iSeries" Redbook.

HTH,
Charles

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:54 PM
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Subject: RE: Date to 8 char in SQL

Chardate = %editc(%dec(%date()):'X');

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Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:39 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Date to 8 char in SQL

I'm trying to get a character representation of the current date in
sql. I can get the date in ISO format, but it has the '-'

in it. What

is the easiest way to get the current date in YYYYMMDD format?

I know that I can do something like:

substr(char(curdate(), iso),1,4) concat substr(char(curdate(),
iso),6,2) concat substr(char(curdate(), iso),9,2)

There must be a simpler way?! Isn't there?

Matt Hopkins
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
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