RE: Need help with SQL SET statement

["Shaheen Ahmed" <Syed.Ahmed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan, I am getting error message "Row not found for UPDATE."

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I believe its because you cannot update part of a field
Try
 UPDATE MYLIB/MFFILE  SET myFLD = substr(myFLD,1,5)|| '0000    '
 where substr(myFLD,6,8) ='    '


The character || is concatenation. NOTE there are 4 blanks after the 4 0's


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Roger,

 UPDATE MYLIB/MFFILE  SET substr(myFLD,6,4) ='0000'
 where substr(myFLD,6,8) ='    '

This is not working. Got error message "Token ( was not valid. Valid
tokens: =. "

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Reger, Bill
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:10 PM
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Subject: RE: Need help with SQL SET statement


 UPDATE MYLIB/MFFILE  SET substr(myFLD,6,4) ='0000'
 where substr(myFLD,6,8) ='    '

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