On Mon, 6 Apr 2020, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
Hey Buzz - how about making it a capital F? and capital X?
No joy, Vern. The syntax checker starts slapping my hand right after the first '(' so that suggests nothing other than the column name is a valid token after 'SET'.
Here's the output:
Update biltst.lmetrp1 Set Substr(readDt,1,4)=x'00403F',Substr(readTp,1,1)='S' Where Substr(Char(mtrLoc),1,4)='2190' And mtrTyp='W' And Substr(readTp,1,1)=' '
SQL State: 42601
Vendor Code: -104
Message: [SQL0104] Token ( was not valid. Valid tokens: =. Cause . . . . . : A syntax error was detected at token (. Token ( is not a valid token. A partial list of valid tokens is =. This list assumes that the statement is correct up to the token. The error may be earlier in the statement, but the syntax of the statement appears to be valid up to this point. Recovery . . . : Do one or more of the following and try the request again: -- Verify the SQL statement in the area of the token (. Correct the statement. The error could be a missing comma or quotation mark, it could be a misspelled word, or it could be related to the order of clauses. -- If the error token is <END-OF-STATEMENT>, correct the SQL statement because it does not end with a valid clause.
I had tried various combos of upper/lower 'x' & 'f'.
--Buzz
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