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ROWIDTOCHAR

The ROWIDTOCHAR function converts a value of the ROWID data type to a value of the TEXT data type.

Return Value

TEXT

The result of this conversion is always in the national character set and is 18 characters long.

Syntax

ROWIDTOCHAR (rowid)

Parameters

rowid

The value of type ROWID to convert.

Examples

Example 8-91 Converting ROWID Data to TEXT or NTEXT Data

Assume the following your analytic workspace has the following object definitions.

DEFINE myrowid DIMENSION ROWID
DEFINE mytext VARIABLE TEXT
DEFINE myntext VARIABLE NTEXT

Now you populate myrowid which has a datatype of ROWID using a MAINTAIN statement. Then you use the ROWIDTOCHAR function to populate mytext which has a data type of TEXT and ROWIDTONCHAR function to populate myntext which has a data type of NTEXT. Reports show that all of the variables are populated.

MAINTAIN myrowid ADD CHARTOROWID('AAAFd1AAFAAAABSAA/')
mytext = ROWIDTOCHAR (myrowid)
myntext = ROWIDTONCHAR (myrowid)
 
MYROWID
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AAAFd1AAFAAAABSAA/

MYTEXT
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AAAFd1AAFAAAABSAA/
 
MYNTEXT
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AAAFd1AAFAAAABSAA/