Re: Run SQL Scripts - '+++++' in results

Justin,

IIRC, a null value shows as a dash (-). As Glenn said, this happens (again,
IIRC) when there is a data type mistmatch.

For example:
select nullif(0, 0) from sysibm/sysdummy1

gives you the dash.

Doing
select date('20161101') from sysibm/sysdummy1
gets you the ++++ signs (should be date('2016-11-01')


Regards,

Luis



On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 8:59 AM Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here I'd more likely think it was a null value.

Justin Taylor



-----Original Message-----
From: James H. H. Lampert [mailto:jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 5:50 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Run SQL Scripts - '+++++' in results

On 10/31/16, 3:12 PM, Bob Cagle wrote:

I'm trying to learn me some more SQL, so I'm working on a fairly

involved SQL statement where I'm trying to emulate an RPG that builds a
work file to print a report.

So far I have 7 CTEs, and I'll eventually have a couple of UDFs and/or

Stored Procedures.

But what I have right now, I'm getting all plus signs in one of the

columns. And it's not on every row, just some of them.

What does it mean when a column shows '++++++'?

In my experience, it usually means that the value, as displayed, is too
big, as currently formatted, to fit in the column.

--
JHHL


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