Character in CAST argument not valid

Does any one see any issue with below SQL ?
  I keep getting error "Character in CAST argument not valid."
   
   UPDATE FILE SET FIELD2 = digits((Cast(FIELD2 as dec(10)))) 
where length(trim(FIELD2)) < 10 AND FIELD1 IN ('NYC1','NYC2') 
 Character in CAST argument not valid.                          

donna lester <donna_lester_ny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  Character in CAST argument not valid.

I keep getting above error though I checked spelling of field in CAST several 
times, spelling is perfect.

Donna

rick baird wrote:
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 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 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.



Alan Shore

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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?

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Thanks,

Donna.

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Thanks,

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