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Using NVL and Integer types
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27/11/2000 13:30:38
Rex Mahel
Realm Software, Llc
Ohio, United States
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Visual FoxPro
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Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
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00445750
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00445776
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>All,
>
>I have a SQL view using NVL to eliminate .NULLs. from the view fields. I am getting a "View definition has been changed" error message. I think the NVL for the integer types may not have the correct field length.
>
>How many zeros do I need to use in the NVL to represent an integer?
>
>TIA
>
>Rex

You need to specify the largest possible value within your data.

FWIW, an integer can be + or - 2147483647 so you need to specify 10 so the corresponding result set creates a N(10,0) for storage.
Larry Miller
MCSD
LWMiller3@verizon.net

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