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can one create a logical over a portion of a field
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can one create a logical over a portion of a field Published by: clbirk on 18 Sep 2013 view comments(5)

I have some db tables that it would be desireable to create a logical that is over a portion of the field.

Example, say you have zip code and address 1 and what you want is zip code + only 10 positions of the address.

Creating the tables in SQL (well in inav). Going to use in rpg.  Can one do such?

 

 

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Posted by: bobcozzi
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Posted: 9 years 6 months 6 days 22 hours 49 minutes ago

With logical file DDS, yes. With SQL yes.

Posted by: clbirk
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Posted: 9 years 6 months 6 days 19 hours 42 minutes ago

bob, would you like to expound on how you do that...

Posted by: bobcozzi
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Posted: 9 years 6 months 6 days 2 hours 43 minutes ago 
     A          R CUSTREC                   PFILE(CUSTMAST)    
     A            ZIPCODE                                      
     A            ADDR10                    SST(ADDRESS 1 10)
Posted by: SteveCCNJ
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Posted: 9 years 6 months 6 days 2 hours 22 minutes ago

In DB2 you can CREATE VIEW over the table(s) and define the data any way you want.

Posted by: DaleB
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Posted: 9 years 6 months 5 days 8 hours 45 minutes ago

Note that the use of a DDS SST() field must be input-only (I) or neither (N); i.e., you can't update a SST() field. There are other interactions with other keywords and a few other things to be aware of (see the DDS reference for full details).