Nigel | brighter software https://brightersoftware.net Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:20:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 SQL Convert European EUR date DDMMCCYY to DDMMYY https://brightersoftware.net/sql-convert-european-eur-date-ddmmccyy-to-ddmmyy Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:20:44 +0000 https://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=308 The following SQL is an example of how to convert a date such as 17041967 to 170467 create table myfile as ( SELECT ACCOUNTNR, datedmcy INTEGER((substr(digits(datedmcy), 1, 2) CONCAT substr(digits(datedmcy), 3, 2) CONCAT substr(digits(datedmcy), 7, 2))) as datedmy FROM account ) with data

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]]> SQL – Convert Numeric Field to Date Type for Comparison https://brightersoftware.net/sql-convert-numeric-field-to-date-type-for-comparison Fri, 11 May 2018 16:11:43 +0000 http://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=205 Many older databases have the dates held in numeric fields in formats such as ddmmyy. This can be problematic when performing selection and calculations. However, by using the functions DATE, SUBSTR, DIGITS & CONCAT we are able to carry out these SQL selects. The following SQL statement will select all accounts with a due date of… Read More »SQL – Convert Numeric Field to Date Type for Comparison

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]]> SQL Upper Case and Lower Case String Conversion https://brightersoftware.net/upper-case-and-lower-case-string-conversion Thu, 02 Mar 2017 11:18:03 +0000 http://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=187 SQL Convert String to Upper Case postcode: cf64 3pg update customer set postcode = UPPER(postcode) postcode: CF64 3PG SQL Convert String to Lower Case postcode: CF64 3PG update customer set postcode = LOWER(postcode) postcode: cf64 3pg

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]]> Validate a Legacy iSeries Date Using SQL https://brightersoftware.net/validate-a-legacy-iseries-date-using-sql Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:16:48 +0000 http://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=174 SQL is very useful for data hygiene projects allowing analysts to check the validity and integrity of the database. However, checking that a legacy date is correct cannot be done without the use of a user-defined function. The following function accepts a numeric date in the format ddmmyy. This is converted into standard date format and validated. The function returns a… Read More »Validate a Legacy iSeries Date Using SQL

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]]> Removing non-printable characters with RPG https://brightersoftware.net/removing-non-printable-characters-with-rpg Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:41:15 +0000 http://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=167 Non-printable characters often find their way into the database. This often occurs due to EDI and manual copy/paste data entry from sources such as web-pages. These intanace of “bad-data” can be dealt with using the translate built in function (%xlate). This could take place as a scheduled data cleansing exercise or be added to the… Read More »Removing non-printable characters with RPG

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]]> Display the IP address of a host using a RPGLE program https://brightersoftware.net/display-the-ip-address-of-a-host-using-a-rpgle-program Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:07:46 +0000 http://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=164 The following program can display the IP address of local or remote hosts as well as web urls. h dftactgrp(*no) actgrp(*new) d GETIPADDR pr ExtPgm('GETIPADDR') d 32a d GETIPADDR pi d host 32a d inet_addr pr 10U 0 ExtProc('inet_addr') d address_str * value options(*string) d INADDR_NONE c CONST(4294967295) d inet_ntoa pr * ExtProc('inet_ntoa') d internet_addr… Read More »Display the IP address of a host using a RPGLE program

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]]> Retrieve the IP address of the local iSeries using a CL program https://brightersoftware.net/retrieve-the-ip-address-of-the-local-iseries-using-a-cl-program Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:53:44 +0000 http://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=159 The following program uses the PING command to generate a message with the IP address. The IP address is then extracted from the message text and displayed on screen. PGM DCL VAR(&SYSNAME) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(8) DCL VAR(&MSGDTA) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) DCL VAR(&IPADDR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(16) DCL VAR(&COMP) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(12) + VALUE('0123456789. ') DCL VAR(&SPOS) TYPE(*UINT) LEN(2) DCL VAR(&EPOS)… Read More »Retrieve the IP address of the local iSeries using a CL program

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]]> How to find the IP Address of IBM AS/400 iSeries https://brightersoftware.net/how-to-find-the-ip-address-of-ibm-as400-iseries Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:47:29 +0000 http://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=153 How to find the IP address of a remote iSeries system? Method 1. Use the PING command, either on the iSeries or from Windows command prompt: > PING AMS600 Verifying connection to host system AMS600 at address 12.240.18.87. Method 2. Use the Verify TCP/IP Connection (VFYTCPCNN) command on the iSeries > VFYTCPCNN AMS600 Verifying connection… Read More »How to find the IP Address of IBM AS/400 iSeries

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]]> Using SQL on file with multiple members https://brightersoftware.net/using-sql-on-file-with-multiple-members Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:12:23 +0000 http://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=141 Query for iSeries was designed with multiple member files in mind and will allow you to specify the member name. However, SQL will not allow you to access a specific database member directly. When you run SQL on an iSeries file, it will always use the first member in the file. Let’s assume we have… Read More »Using SQL on file with multiple members

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]]> Display the number of rows in a table on iSeries https://brightersoftware.net/display-the-number-of-rows-in-a-table-on-iseries Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:44:19 +0000 http://mxp.kvp.mybluehost.me/website_e5b9c797/?p=136 Number of rows EXCLUDING deleted – three methods 1. The SQL COUNT function > STRSQL > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cities ....+....1.... COUNT ( * ) 6 ******** End of data ******** 2. The display file description command > DSPFD cities Go to the bottom of the information and look for the line “Total records” Total number of members… Read More »Display the number of rows in a table on iSeries

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