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RE: sql question

Wrap digits around the field name before doing a substring.

SUBSTRING(DIGITS(field),1,5)...


Michael Schutte
Admin Professional
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.





midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 03/10/2008 01:38:24 PM:

Hmmm..

That's an issue...can I use a "format" type keyword so that:

00618014 will be 00618 not 61801
00618021 will be 00618 not 61802



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03 PM
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Subject: Re: sql question

Tim,

Is that number truly numeric? I did create a test file and used that.
And
the statement worked. Frankly I was a tad surprised that I could substr
a
numeric

You do realize that
123456
12345678
123457
Will all appear as CORP 12345. But a plain 1234 will appear as a new CORP

If that's what you wanted then that's pretty cool.

Rob Berendt
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