Hi David,
Thanks for the info. May be I didn't explain my
problem correctly. I have a Unidata numeric field
(Amount- 100.00 or -100.00) and I need to convert it
to a 8 Bite integer so that Informix will recognise
it.
Cheers
Fawaz
--- "Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)" <> wrote:
> Hi Fawaz,
>
> Is this what you are looking for?
>
> SEQ function
>
> Syntax
> SEQ (expression)
>
> Description
>
> Use the SEQ function to convert an ASCII character
> to its numeric string
> equivalent. Expression evaluates to the ASCII
> character to be converted.
> If expression
> evaluates to the null value, null is returned.
>
> The SEQ function is the inverse of the CHAR
> function.
>
> In NLS mode, use the UNISEQ function to return
> Unicode values in the
> range
> x0080 through x00F8.
>
> Using the SEQ function to convert a character
> outside its range results
> in a
> run-time message, and the return of an empty string.
>
> For more information about these ranges, see the
> UniVerse NLS Guide.
> PICK, IN2, and REALITY Flavors
>
> In PICK, IN2, and REALITY flavors SEQ(" ") is 255
> instead of 0. In IDEAL
> and
> INFORMATION flavor accounts, use the SEQ.255 option
> of the $OPTIONS
> statement to cause SEQ(" ") to be interpreted as
> 255.
>
> Example
> G="T"
> A=SEQ(G)
> PRINT A, A+1
> PRINT SEQ("G")
> 11-632 UniVerse BASIC
> /productinfo/alldoc/UNIVERSE10/basic/Ch11
> 1/9/02
>
> This is the program output:
> 84 85
> 71
>
> Regards
>
> David Logan
> Database Administrator
> HP Managed Services
> 139 Frome Street,
> Adelaide 5000
> Australia
>
> +61 8 8408 4273
> +61 417 268 665
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Fawaz Ashraff
> Sent: Friday, 5 March 2004 5:34 AM
> To: U2 Users Discussion List
> Subject: [UD] 8 Bite Integers
>
>
> Good Afternoon.
>
> We are moving part of our application to
> Informix(From
> Unidata). I need to convert some of the data Fields
> to
> 8 bite Integers through a UniBasic program and write
> it to a flat file. Having problem converting data to
> 8
> Bite Integers. Any suggestions would be highly
> appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Fawaz
>
>
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