RE: SQL function TO_NUMBER()

[Greg Wilburn <gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's a new-to-me solution.  Thanks!

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 5:11 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: SQL function TO_NUMBER()

Taking advantage of the fact that character values and zoned numeric are
the same...

values interpret(binary('123456') as numeric(6,4));

Charles

On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 2:43 PM Greg Wilburn <
gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a string of numbers (6 characters) that represent a number with 4
> decimal places.
> I want to convert that in an SQL view to a decimal column.
>
> I have it working, but wasn't sure if there was a "better" way.
>
> Example:
> My string looks like this:  234950
> I want it to be decimal:  23.4950
>
> My SQL statement works... but it looks like this:
>
> TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(myfield,1,2) || '.' || SUBSTR(myfield,3,4), '00.0000')
>
> To get this to work, I had to concatenate the decimal into the string.
> Anyone have a better method?
>
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