RE: Alpha to Numeric converion issue

Alan,

My issue is that the current alpha field is left justified with trailing blanks.
Not converting well.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Shore [mailto:ashore@xxxxxxxx]
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Subject: RE: Alpha to Numeric converion issue

Hi Paul
For SQL use decimal(field, 5, 0)
For RPG use %dec(field:5:0)

Alan Shore
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Alpha to Numeric converion issue

I'm extracting a value from source code.
The values range from "1 " to "99999", 5 alpha field.

I need the end result in a numeric field, 5.0 zoned decimal acceptable, packed preferred.
"00001" "99999".

Current process is within an AS/400 query.
SQL or custom RPGLE program our options.

Any thoughts from the group?

Thank You
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