FYI... to_char is identical to varchar_format.


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Subject: Re: STRSQL question

There is.

"select to_char(amount, '9G999G999') from your_file" outputs as 9,999,999.
"select to_char(amount, '9999999') from your_file" outputs as 9999999.

HTH.

On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 11:16 AM James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My Fellow Midrange Geeks and Geekettes:

Just out of morbid curiosity, is there a way, in STRSQL, to suppress
commas in numeric fields?

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