displaying a date

[ravindranathreddy]

Hi,

I am trying to select a value from a table which data type is time stamp and in my select query i am checking for the condition, if the retrieved value is null then i am displaying it in the format (0000-00-00-00.00.00.000000 ) for which i am getting error

Query
SELECT CASE WHEN MAX(ACTION_TS) IS NULL THEN '0000-00-00-00.00.00.000000 ' ELSE MAX(ACTION_TS) END FROM AUDIT , CARD WHERE ROW_ID = CARD_ACCT_SHORT _NO

Error
SQL0181N The string representation of a datetime value is out of range.

can some one pls help printing out the above value..

[FritzLeblanc]

The problem is that MAX(ACTION_TS) is meaningless. Null doesn not have any meaning so tit can never be max or min, or greateer than, etc.

You might try the following:
SELECT CASE COALESCE(ACTION _TS,'0000-00-00-00.00.00.000000 ' FROM AUDIT , CARD WHERE ROW_ID = CARD_ACCT_SHORT _NO