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Explain about CHAR function and it's use in DB2

  
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July 09, 2008 17:05:22   #1  
madhurap Member Since: March 2008   Contribution: 3    

RE: Explain about CHAR function and it's use in DB2
Char function returns a character format of date or time.

 
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