IT Answers » DIGITS http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers Thu, 23 May 2013 22:05:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Rookie Prolem: Using DIGITS() function on an INTEGER value http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/rookie-prolem-using-digits-function-on-an-integer-value/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/rookie-prolem-using-digits-function-on-an-integer-value/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:23:14 +0000 Jonty Walker Folk, here’s my problem: My SQL knowledge is weak, but I know the basics based on RDBMS work.

I have an SQL statement that contains the following statement:
SUBSTR(DIGITS(b.SIN),2,9)

My output looks like this:

“.&114172661″ (Quotes added for clarity. The SIN is a 9 digit INTEGER (114172661). It’s the first two ‘characters’ (“.&”) that have me stumped.

I’m thinking of replacing the SUBSTR(DIGITS(b.SIN),2,9) with CHAR(b.SIN,2,9).

Would that be correct? Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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