Date:         Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:59:42 -0700
Reply-To:     "Sharif S. Aly" <saly@UCDAVIS.EDU>
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From:         "Sharif S. Aly" <saly@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject:      changing column from character to numeric
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I have dates in a column stored as a character in the ddmmmyyyy
(example: 02jul2006) form.  I would like to change them to numeric
mmyyyy and omit the date. I tried several functions but none of them
work, can ayone advice how to first change that to numeric so that I can
swith the dtae format to mmyyyy after that?
Bets regards,
Sharif Aly