SQL0802: Data conversion or data mapping error.

Hi, I’m new to AS/400 and DB2 (we’re currently at ver 4.5)

I’ve got a C# application that uses an ODBC connection to retrieve data from a DB2 database.   When running the application I get the following error:  [OdbcException: ERROR [HY000] [IBM][Client Access Express ODBC Driver (32-bit)][DB2/400 SQL]SQL0802 – Data conversion or data mapping error.]

I was able to identify the record that’s causing the exception.  It looks like the following sql statement

SELECT * FROM CXLIB.TABLE WHERE CAST(SUBSTR(LTRIM(CXLIB.TABLE.FIELD), 2, LENGTH(CXLIB.TABLE.FIELD)) AS INTEGER) > 40

which is trying to filter by dollar amounts is failing when encountering the first dollar amount that contains a comma.  I’ve tried to determine the source data type, but when I run a File Field Description Listing from WRKDBF on the AS/400, the field type for this field is simply described as ‘A’, which I’m told stands for Alphanumeric(?) but I can’t seem to find any reference to such a type in the DB2 SQL reference I obtained online.  I’ve tried removing the comma with a REPLACE function, but apparently our version doesn’t support this built-in function.

Any suggestions on how to work around this problem?

Thanks in advance…

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