Re: how to convert datatypes ?

Tim Schaefer wrote: > > Michael Agbaglo wrote: > > > > First I had to write extra code because this amateur programmers a informix > > weren't able to implement select ... into ... order by. > > Then I browsed the manuals for 'convert' w/o success. When I do a > > LET Stmt = VARCHAR( foo ); > > it thinks VARCHAR is a procedure --- Arrgh! > > Then I browsed for string functions - nothing, no MID, LEFT, RIGHT... > > Have they been exhausted by implementing 'LENGTH' ? > > > > If someone what's to implement a shit app - forget it Informix already did > > it ! > =============================================================================== > > I just wanted to applaud everyone who replied to this posting, who could figure > out what the hell this idiot was talking about. > amen, tim. it's people like this that have no business being around a keyboard. scratch that. make it being around at all! the GIGO acronym comes to mind. > If the subject line was the real question, the poster might want to look at > ex30.4gl, one of the sample programs supplied with the 4GL. This is a great > exersize in understanding how to convert data types stored in syscolumns. The > posted responses to this syphilitic rambling also point out the 4GL can convert > data types on the fly using the LET statement. But I'm not sure this is what > was pursued, noticing the foam drippings on the message. Where is Spock when > we need him to apply a little pressure on the neck? > > :-) > > -- > Tim Schaefer \\\\|// > tschaefe@mindspring.com (6 6) > ------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o--------- > Liberty: http://www.lp.org > Informix: http://www.iiug.org > --------------------------------------------------