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Help with a DECODE statement using a date comparison

edited Dec 3, 2019 2:49PM in General 2 comments

I am trying to look for a date in a specific position within a string.  I attempted to use the following code:

DECODE(SUBSTR({outofstockmessage},51,10), {custitem_vendor_ship_date}, 0,1)


So what I am doing is taking the 10 characters starting at position 51 in the string and looking to see if it is a date. (Then compare it to another date).

- If there is a date in that position properly formatted  - It Works! (and there was much rejoicing)
- If there are no characters in the string at that position - It Works! (and there was much rejoicing)
- If there are characters there, but not in a date format...FAILURE! (Oh the shame)

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