Re: convert a decimal number into character

On May 7, 5:34=A0pm, Serge Rielau <srie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> karanbik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > hi ,
> > I have a column with datatype as decimal(31,2) . The data is like
> > 123456.67 =A0, 7634578.99
> > Is it a way to convert the entire number into character . like
> > '1232456.67' =A0 =A0 .
>
> > The output should not be like as below :
> > db2 =3D> select char(decimal(BAL_PRINCIPAL,31,2)) from
> > BIKASHK.RPT_BA_PAD331 where
> > =A0integer(Bal_principal)!=3D0
>
> > 1
> > ---------------------------------
> > 00000000000000000000010025000.00
> > 00000000000000000000010025000.00
> > 00000000000000000000010025000.00
> > 00000000000000000000010025000.00
>
> > =A0 4 record(s) selected.
>
> > Rather It should be
>
> > 10025000.00
> > 10025000.00
> > 10025000.00
> > 10025000.00
>
> > For the above 4 rows and it should be 'char' in data type.
>
> Just LTRIM or STRIP the leading 0s
>
> --
> Serge Rielau
> DB2 Solutions Development
> IBM Toronto Lab- Hide quoted text -
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Hi Serge ,

Thanks It worked . I did modified it a bit .

Thanks :)
Regards
Bikash Karan