HP Neoview SQL Reference Manual page 358

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CAST (123.956 as INTERVAL DAY(18))

This example returns the difference of two timestamps in minutes:

CAST((d.step_end - d.step_start) AS INTERVAL MINUTE)

Suppose that your database includes a log file of user information. This example converts

the current timestamp to a character string and concatenates the result to a character literal.

Note the length must be specified.

INSERT INTO stats.logfile

(user_key, user_info)

VALUES (001, 'User JBrook, executed at ' ||

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CAST (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS CHAR(26)));