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Message Posted: Tue, 28 May 2013 @ 23:04:00 GMT

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Hi,

Does anyone have a routine that will reliably convert a unique BYTE value to a unique DECIMAL(18) value?

I need to convert up to a 20 character alphanumeric value to a numeric 18 digit number.

Using the HASHROW function in Teradata, I get a unique BYTE value; however, the only routine I have found for converting the BYTE to an INTEGER value is the HASHBUCKET function. Unfortunately, the HASHBUCKET function does not return a unique INTEGER value for the unique BYTE value.

I have tried a character to hex string function followed by converting the values to numbers; however, I am getting an numeric overflow condition.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Nathan

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