Re: Looking for an SQL to append leading zeros

["rick baird" <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

Donna,

update FILE
set FIELD2 = digits(dec(substr(FIELD2, 1, 10)))
where FIELD1 IN ('NYC1','NYC2')
and subst(FIELD2,11,8) = '        '

On 11/9/06, donna lester <donna_lester_ny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alan thanks , I want to update only those fields that are less than 10 in 
> length.
>  And I want to place leading zeroes to make it as 10 char  in length.
>
>  I dont want to touch the values of FIELD2  if  the length  of FIELD2 is  10 or 
> more than that.
>
>  Donna.
>
> Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Donna - be careful. There have been a few like suggestions, but my question
> to you is what do you want to do if the value in the field FIELD2 is longer
> than 10 characters? I believe in one of your earlier posted you said that
> FIELD2 is 18 characters.
>
>
>
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> rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 11/09/2006 03:06:02 PM:
>
> > Rick Thanks
> > But I want to update , not for display.
> > I want to update FIELD2 with leading zeroes
> > there by making it as 10 char value(wherever FIELD2 is less than 10
> > char) for FIELD1 in ('NYC1','NYC2')
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >
> > rick baird wrote:
> > Donna, try:
> >
> > select digits(dec(field2,10,0)) as field2
> > from FILE
> > where FIELD1 IN ('NYC1','NYC2')
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/9/06, donna lester wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot Buck for your posting.
> > > I apologize I made a mistake in my posting, FIELD2 is defined as 18
> char.
> > >
> > > select FIELD2 from FILE where FIELD1 IN ('NYC1','NYC2').
> > >
> > >
> > > I want to update FIELD2 with leading zeroes
> > > there by making it as 10 char value(wherever FIELD2 is less than
> > 10 char) for FIELD1 in ('NYC1','NYC2')
> > >
> > >
> > > Donna
> > >
> > > Buck wrote:
> > > >> select digits(FIELD2) from FILE where FIELD1 IN ('NYC1','NYC2')
> > >
> > > > This does nt work for me.
> > > > I want to update FIELD2 with leading
> > > > zeroes wherever it finds a value less than 10 digits.
> > >
> > > It sounds like FIELD2 is already a numeric field. If that's the case,
> > > then it is already stored with leading zeroes. Perhaps you're really
> > > looking for a way to _present_ the value of FIELD2, so that the
> > > presentation includes leading zeroes?
> > >
> > > What are you using to see the value of FIELD2? Debug? A display file?
> > > A report? DSPPFM? UPDDTA?
> > >
> > > --buck
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