convert a decimal number into character

[karan...@gmail.com]

hi ,
I have a column with datatype as decimal(31,2) . The data is like
123456.67 , 7634578.99
Is it a way to convert the entire number into character . like
'1232456.67' .

The output should not be like as below :
db2 => select char(decimal(BAL_PRINCIPAL,31,2)) from
BIKASHK.RPT_BA_PAD331 where
integer(Bal_principal)!=0

1
---------------------------------
00000000000000000000010025000.00
00000000000000000000010025000.00
00000000000000000000010025000.00
00000000000000000000010025000.00

4 record(s) selected.

Rather It should be

10025000.00
10025000.00
10025000.00
10025000.00

For the above 4 rows and it should be 'char' in data type.

Appreciate your help .
Best Regards
Bikash Karan

[Serge Rielau]

Just LTRIM or STRIP the leading 0s

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Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab

[karan...@gmail.com]

On May 7, 5:34 pm, Serge Rielau <srie...@ca.ibm.com> wrote:

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Hi Serge ,

Thanks It worked . I did modified it a bit .

Thanks :)
Regards
Bikash Karan