SQL | 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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