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On 3/27/2024 8:26 AM, Daniel Gross wrote:
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Another idea is using SQLs built in INTERPRET function?
SELECT INTERPRET(idfl03 AS DECIMAL(9, 8) FROM ...
This should also work.
I had not yet encountered the INTERPRET function, so I checked it out. As coded
above, it failed:
[SQL0171] Argument 1 of function INTERPRET not valid.
I looked in the IBM i documentation and found this:
string-expression
An expression that returns a built-in binary string or character FOR BIT
DATA string that contains the internal IBM® i representation of
/data-type/. The length of /string-expression/ must follow the rules in
Table 1
<
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=functions-interpret#rbafzscainterpret__rules>.
So I tried again as this:
SELECT INTERPRET(CAST(idfl03 AS CHAR(5) FOR BIT DATA) AS DECIMAL(9, 8) FROM...
That worked.
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