Question: The first 6 characters (you try to convert) are really digits.
Can you pleas show (a few rows) what is in your file.
We need to know if it is really decimal/Packed or numeric.
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Sent: Mittwoch, 9. März 2022 19:40
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Subject: Convert a substring to a decimal
I am battling to get this to work.
I have a PC file with source from another system. The file is a basic text
file with no delimiters.
I need to import it into a source file and preserve the SRCSEQ, SRCDAT and
SRCDTA.
I have tried to use a SQL IMPORT as follows.
I have tried
INSERT into Lib/File
(select
cast(substr(1,6) as dec(6,2),
cast(substr(7,6) as dec(6,0),
substr(13,100)
from QTEMP.File);
I keep getting CAST errors SQL0420.
How could I achieve this?
TIA, DArryl Freinkel.
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