Re: sql help

["John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

You'll want to use the "Digits" scalar function instead of  "Char". For
example:

Select Digits(mm) Concat Digits(dd) Concat Digits(yy) As MyDate

As a side note, try to use "concat" instead of "||", in order to avoid any
potential CCSID issues.


Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: <Mark_McCarty@nexnet.navy.mil>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:09
Subject: sql help


>
>
> I am attempting to string together a series of numeric fields(MMDDYY) into
a
> view, is this possible?
> The three fields I'm attempting to string are 2,0 numeric.
> I have attempted the following:
> 1>    char(mm) || char(dd) || char(yy)  which provides spaces between the
> numerals.
> 2>    strip (char(mm)) || strip (char(dd)) || strip (char(yy)) which cuts
off
> the 0's.
>
> anybody have a solution??  I'm fairly new to sql and am hoping to be able
to
> create  and embed a series
> of views to an rpg program for data gathering and the produce a report
from
> results.  Any assistance would
> be greatly appreciated...
>
> TIA
> Mark A McCarty
>
>


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