RE: AS/400 app FTPs file to IFS???

[Dan <dbcemid@xxxxxxxxx>]

Loyd, Vern,

I'm sure this may be syntax you're familiar with, but as an SQL
neophyte, I have no idea what's going on here.

1) Looking at the SQL reference, the syntax for CAST is not quite
concise.  Is your usage of it used to force "columnized" output?

2) Your SQL example uses literals.  Can you restate the example
   using field names from a database file?  For this example, use:
      Field: AAA1  defined as   4A
      Field: BBB2  defined as 8,2S
      Field: CCC3  defined as  20A

3) Using RUNSQLSTM, how do I specify to which file the output should
go?


--- "Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley)" <LGoodbar@afs.bwauto.com> wrote:
> Dan...
>
> Thanks, Vern. The revised SQL looks like this:
>
> select
> /* first part */
> cast('AAAA' as char(4)) concat
> /* numeric part, right justify with floating left - sign */
> substr(cast(' ' as char(11)),1,11-length(strip(cast(char(-11.23)
>   as char(11)),b,' '))) concat strip(cast(char(-11.23) as
>   char(11)),b,' ') concat
> /* text */
> cast('Some text' as char(20)) concat
> /* CRLF */
> x'0d25'
> from QSYS2/QSQPTABL
>
> With a result of
>
> AAAA     -11.23Some text           <crlf>
>
> Where "11" is the assumed field length based on the file sample, and
> "-11.23" is the field name for the numeric data.
>
> If the file is similar to the sample provided, you can do this with
> RUNSQLSTM or the QM Query equivalent, then do a CPYTOSTMF.
>
> HTH,
> Loyd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vern Hamberg [mailto:vhamberg@centerfieldtechnology.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:07 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: AS/400 app FTPs file to IFS???
>
>
> Loyd
>
> You can right-justify (generally) by
>
> substr(cast(' ' as char(n)), 1, n - length(strip(fieldname,b,' ')) ||
> strip(fieldname,b,' ')
>
> where "fieldname" could also be "char(numericfieldname)" or any other
> expression that yields a string.

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