RE: RPGSQL update one column of a field. -- RPG400-L

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Subject: RE: RPGSQL update one column of a field.
From: Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 14:54:11 +0000
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AFAIK, double pipes are discouraged for concatenation due to CCSID issues, so CONCAT is preferred.

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From: Lynne Noll [mailto:lvwnoll@xxxxxxxxxxx]
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Subject: Re: RPGSQL update one column of a field.

In SQL, not RPG

set fielda =substr(fielda,1,99) || '*'

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