<docbook><section><title>UseIntegerFunctionToCompareIndex-fieldAndDecimal</title><bridgehead class="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml:h2">Error Messages (U)</bridgehead>
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<para>       The &quot;use integer function to compare index-field and decimal&quot; error message occurs when queries compare fields with differing datatypes.
 If you experience &quot;integer function&quot; errors, use the INTEGER( ) function to convert non-integer datatypes to integer.
 For example:</para><programlisting>SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE INTFIELD &gt;= 3.5 (wrong)

SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE INTFIELD &gt;= INTEGER(3.5) (correct)
</programlisting><para> Be advised.
 If you proceed, all decimal values will be rounded off and precision will be lost.</para><para> </para><bridgehead class="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml:h3">Evidence</bridgehead>
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