Editors: Ted Holt and Howard Arner Managing Editor: Mari Barrett
This issue of the OS/400 Edition of Midrange Guru is sponsored by:
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Business Computer Design, Int'l, Inc.
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Removing A Character From A Character Field Hey, Ted : Is it possible through SQL to remove a character from a text field? I have a file that has a name field with the last name first and first name last. Some of the records were keyed with a comma separating the two names, as in SMITH, JOHN. Other records have no comma. I would like to remove the commas. The names are all different lengths so I can't use any kind of constant length. Yes, SQL can handle this problem for you. First, select the records that have the comma, because those are the only ones you want to update. I doubt you have any records with a comma in the first position of the field, but just in case, exclude them by checking for a comma anywhere after the first position.
select * from customer Use the position function again to extract the last and first names, which precede and follow the comma.
select custname, Now that the select is working correctly, convert it to an update statement.
update customer Be sure to try this on a copy of the production file first to verify that your SQL command will work correctly. -- Ted
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Which CL Messages Should I Monitor? Hey, Ted: Our programmers need a list of the error messages that can be monitored in CL programs. Such a list used to appear in the Programming Reference Summary manual. I've looked in the Information Center and it refers me to the CL manual, which doesn't give me the error messages to monitor. I have an OS/400 V3 manual, but we are currently running OS/400 V4R5, and many new commands have been added to the CL language since then. How can I get a list of error messages? Here's how. The iSeries Information Center does provide a list of commands that can be monitored. Each command is followed by its syntax diagram. The iSeries Information Center's alphabetical listing of commands can be found at http://as400bks.rochester.ibm.com/pubs/html/ as400/v5r1/ic2924/info/rbam6/rbam6alphatable.htm. But there's an easier way to look them up. From a command line or within OS/400's Screen Entry Utility (SEU), type the name of the command that you want to monitor and press F4 to prompt it. The cursor will be positioned to the first entry field. Move the cursor up to a higher line and press F1 to get the help text for the command. Within the help text, you will see the escape, status, and notify messages that can be monitored.
-- Ted
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