Subject Re: [firebird-support] Expressions
Author Tiago Mikhael Pastorello Freire
On Tuesday 19 July 2005 16:55, Martijn Tonies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > The query below dosn't work.
>
> "doesn't work" ... ??
>
> > "SELECT (AField + AnOtherField) AS FieldsTotal FROM FieldsTable"
> >
> > Is there a way to run queries includes expressions in ib/fb(Like Stored
> > procedures etc.).
>
> Assuming AField and AnOtherField are character fields, use the
> string concatenation symbol: ||

And if you are trying to mix char and number values use CAST like this:

Assume AField is INTEGER and AnOtherField is CHAR:

SELECT (AField + CAST(AnOtherField AS INTEGER) AS FieldsTotal FROM FieldsTable

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> With regards,
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> Martijn Tonies
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