Hi All,

what is the carriage return character in DB2 (i.e enter key -new line)
i was trying this char(13) but no luck...
please help me out....

SELECT 'first' || char(13) || 'second' FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1

i want the result set to be
first
second

The answer is: it depends. It depends on the code page of the client whether you will get the output you have shown.

However, you have 2 small issues:
(1) CHAR(13) returns a string with the number 13 encoded in it. You probably want to use the CHR() function instead.
(2) 13 is the ASCII character (so it only works if you have an ASCII client code page) for carriage return, i.e. the character that moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. If you want to move it to the beginning of the next line, you should use CHR(10).

Hi,

i tried this... but no luck
SELECT 'FIRST' || CHR(10) || 'SECOND' FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1
error: [SQL0204] CHR in *LIBL type *N not found

i am using IBM i series operation navigator for sql queries...

You neglected to mention the platfrom you are using. I tried the statement on DB2 LUW and it is working fine.

Whether DB2 for iSeries supports something like CHR(), I do not know. Have you checked the manuals?

I believe that iSeries uses EBCDIC (like z/OS).