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Try:

Create View YourSchema/YourView
(TENCHAR For SIXCHR,
NextField For NXTFLD,
....)
as
Select Cast(TENCHR as Char(70)), NextField ....
From ...

... but are you sure you need a view?
Six character fields are necessary for RPGIII.
A view is always unkeyed and I suspect the RPGIII access is keyed.
So it might be better to create an index with "long" and "short field"
names.
BTW indexes can be used like any keyed logical file with native I/O

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
Brown)
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." (Derek Bok)
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of a4g
atl
Sent: Donnerstag, 29. August 2019 20:35
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: How do I convert a VARCHAR field to a CHAR field in a VIEW?

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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