Re: SQL Inspiration needed

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

Right now I'm using V5R3, so I can't give you a working example but,
Couldn't this be done using recursive SQL?

Also, maybe you could write a small UDF that accepts the input date and
number of days as parameters, process your calendar table and returns the
appropriate date.

HTH,

Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
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On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I'm collecting alternative solutions for a couple of SQL "problems" -
> things that would be relatively easy (if laborious) in native RPG.
>
> So ... given that I have a table ORDERS which contains order and shipping
> dates, I need to populate the shipping dates such that the shipping date is
> 6 "business days" after the order date.
>
> Business days can be determined from a calendar table keyed on date and
> which contains a "Y" or "N" to indicate whether that date is a business day
> or not.
>
> Any ideas? The only ones we come up with are so darn nasty.
>
>
> Jon Paris
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