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Using a UDF in %sql?

BradSheridan
Valued Contributor

Afternoon everyone! I logged in hoping to see some suggestions but think maybe I need to reword the question a little ๐Ÿ™‚

How can I create a UDF that converts '30000101' to timestamp and then use it in a query like below?

%sql

select

field1,

field2,

nvl(somedatefield, myUDF)

In other words, if the somedatefield in the source is null, always return 30000101 formatted as Timestamp

thanks!!

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BradSheridan
Valued Contributor

Got it working (but going to post a new question momentarily): I needed to use timestamp(date '3000-01-01) instead of to_timestamp

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BradSheridan
Valued Contributor

Got it working (but going to post a new question momentarily): I needed to use timestamp(date '3000-01-01) instead of to_timestamp

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