Re: Subscripting in SPL

Posted in 1998

dtracy@informix.com — Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:16:06 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

If you are trying to subscript a char field it is very simple select col1[5,3] from table.... This should return 3 chars starting at offset 5 from col1. dtracy Boris Niyazov wrote: > > Hi All, > > Does anybody know how to do variable subscripting of character string in > SPL (I need to inspect a string for a particular charater and replace > it)? According to Informix manual only constatnts are allowed as > subscripts. Is any way around? > > Thanks > ********************************************************************* > * Boris Niyazov Ph: 212-854-4094 Fax: 212-316-2623 * > * Systems Manager Email: ban5@columbia.edu * > * Columbia Law School URL: http://www.law.columbia.edu * > ********************************************************************* > --