Re: how to select and join on substring -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: how to select and join on substring
From: Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:54:10 -0400
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On 10/29/2014 5:30 PM, Hoteltravelfundotcom wrote:

ok then also how to do on the view select
i want to select the field mdordr first 8 only.

You're looking for the SUBSTRING() scalar function.

The Knowledge Center is here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i/welcome Choose
your IBM i release and then type SUBSTRING in the search box at the top.
My first result was the SQL function.

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