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Subject: Re: Substr question in Query 400
From: Jan Grove Vejlstrup <jgv@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:35:51 +0100
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SUBSTR Substring is only allowed on strings. You have to convert your numeric to a string befors using substr: SUBSTR(DIGITS(IDDOCD),1,6). The result is a string.

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Jan

Am 28.02.2014 15:25, schrieb Hoteltravelfundotcom:

HI I am getting an error when i try to make substring. The date we have is
8 pos. yyyymmdd
i need to sort according to month. I get this error "SUBSTR value is not
allowed. " this is because it is numeric and it's not allowed to substr
on numeric?

YYYYMM SUBSTR(IDDOCD,1,6) 06
00

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Field Text Len
Dec
IDORDT ORDER TYPE 3

IDDOCD DOCUMENT DATE 8
0

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