pears.DistanceBetweenPostCodes [iqx]

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====== pears.DistanceBetweenPostCodes ======
<WRAP center round info>
Generated schema reference. Regenerate this page from the SQL unload; keep hand-maintained business notes in the narrative namespace.
</WRAP>

===== Original SQL =====
<code sql>
create function "pears"."DistanceBetweenPostCodes"( 
  /* Application Maintained Function / Procedure - DO NOT EDIT*/
  in @PostCodeA char(20),in @PostCodeB char(20),in @Unit char(2) ) 
returns numeric(11,3)
begin
  declare @EastingA numeric(11,3);
  declare @EastingB numeric(11,3);
  declare @NorthingA numeric(11,3);
  declare @NorthingB numeric(11,3);
  declare @Distance numeric(11,3);
  select first "Easting","Northing" into @EastingA,@NorthingA from "PostCodeLocation" where "PostCode" = "trim"(@PostCodeA);
  select first "Easting","Northing" into @EastingB,@NorthingB from "PostCodeLocation" where "PostCode" = "trim"(@PostCodeB);
  set @Distance = "sqrt"("power"("abs"(@NorthingA-@NorthingB),2)+"power"("abs"(@EastingA-@EastingB),2))/1000*if @Unit = 'Mi' then .621371192 else 1 endif;
  set @Distance = @Distance*cast("WPKMaintainGetSwitchValue"('POSTCODEMULT','GLOBAL','L') as double);
  return(@Distance)
end
</code>