select date as formated string plus NULL check

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11-10-04, 21:52

raylade

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select date as formated string plus NULL check

In a select statement, I want to convert a date to YYYYMMDD format and if the date were NULL, then set the string to 99991231.
Additionally, the same needs to be done to a timestamp, except the format is YYYYMMDDHH24MISS.
Informix is not my native language, is there somebody out there who can help with this syntax?
the oracle syntax is: select NVL(TO_CHAR(a_date_column,'YYYYMMDD'),'99991231') as d from a_table

Last edited by raylade; 11-10-04 at 22:25.

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