SQL RTRIM function -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: SQL RTRIM function
From: "Buzz Fenner" <bfenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 11:32:39 -0500
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I have a character field in a large database file where some of the data is
_not_ right-justified, and needs to be.

I was hoping to do something like this:

Update library.file

Set field=Rtrim(field)

Where field>'' and substr(field,x,x)=' ' (i.e. last rightmost character is
blank)

The statement executes (running as an SQL script in Navigator for i) but the
data is not altered. Is this an improper application of the function?

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Buzz Fenner

Business Systems Analyst/Systems Administrator

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Follow-Ups:

RE: SQL RTRIM function , DeLong, Eric
Re: SQL RTRIM function , Tom Stieger

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