sybperl-l Archive

From: Khanh-Linh Huynh <linh dot huynh at mci dot com>
Subject: Re: convert from char to int
Date: Nov 16 1998 4:51PM

Thanks, Michael.  The problem is $col1 has to be in quotes when converting from 
char to int:
	a = convert(int, "$col1") 

On Mon, 16 Nov 1998 06:23:11 -0800 (PST) Michael Peppler  
wrote:

> Khanh-Linh Huynh writes:
>  > I'm writing a cgi app to do updating to the database using sybperl.  Since 
> perl  > regards everything as string, my int field does not get updated.
>  >  > The below code gave me an "Implict conversion from datatype 'varchar' to 
>  > 'numeric'" error.  > 
>  > $col1 = contents{'col1'} ;  > ....
>  > 	update table1  > 	set
>  > 		a = convert(int, $col1)  > 	where a = $aa
> 
> You're running into some other problem.
> 
> e.g.
> 
> $a = 77;
> $aa = 80; $dbh->dbcmd("update table1 set a = $a where a = $aa");
> 
> will work just fine.
> 
> What is the definition of table1, and what is the exact content of
> $contents{col1} and $aa?
> 
> Michael
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