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bc
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I am writing a WHERE statement using a particular field. I only know certain characters in that field. Can I use wild card characters to help the filter?

Here is an example: The field is formated A25. The contents of the field are 01.6000.3000 or like type configuration. I want to capture any data that has a 3000 in the last 4 characters of that field. How do I write my WHERE statement?

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WebFOCUS 7.6.4
Windows XP
 
Posts: 12 | Registered: June 17, 2008Report This Post
Tom Flynn
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DEFINE FILE WHATEVER
LAST_TOKEN/A4 = GETTOK(COLUMN_NAME, 25, -1, '.', 4, LAST_TOKEN);
END

TABLE FILE WHATEVER
ETC...
WHERE LAST_TOKEN EQ '3000';


Tom Flynn
WebFOCUS 8.1.05 - PROD/QA
DB2 - AS400 - Mainframe
 
Posts: 1972 | Location: Centennial, CO | Registered: January 31, 2006Report This Post
bc
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Thanks. That works!


WebFOCUS 7.6.4
Windows XP
 
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Dan Pinault
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bc,

I'm glad to see that you have this working. I'm curious though, wouldn't it be more efficient to use
TABLE FILE WHATEVER
ETC...
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%3000';
END


If you have a lot of records the DEFINE method could potentially slow things down.

Just a thought.

Dan


7.7.05M/7.7.03 HF6 on Windows Server 2003 SP2 output to whatever is required.
 
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