Re: How do I convert a VARCHAR field to a CHAR field in a VIEW? -- MIDRANGE-L

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I'm confused.

If you want to go from 10 character names down to 6 characters then:

a) Why are you selecting the long name?

b) What has char(70) got to do with anything ?

On Aug 29, 2019, at 2:35 PM, a4g atl <a4ginatl2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have to convert 10 character field names in a table to a 6 char field
name.

I have tried
Select long_field as char(70) from FROM_FILE.

I am getting an error that does not tell me what is does not like. I cannot
find a solution on Google.

How do I format the command in a view?

TIA

Darryl Freinkel
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