====== pears.PostCodePart ======
<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>
COMMENT TO PRESERVE FORMAT ON PROCEDURE "pears"."PostCodePart" IS 
{create function PostCodePart 

/* Application Maintained Function / Procedure - DO NOT EDIT*/

( in postcode char(20),in part char(20) ) 
returns char(20)
deterministic
begin
  declare i integer;
  declare area char(20);
  set postcode = trim(postcode);
  set i = patindex('%[0-9]%',postcode);
  if i = 0 then
    return null
  end if;
  set area = substr(postcode,1,i-1);
  if part = 'area' then
    return area
  end if;
  set postcode = stuff(postcode,1,i-1,null);
  set i = patindex('%[^0-9]%',postcode);
  if part = 'district' then
    return area+"left"(substr(postcode,1,i-1),2)
  end if
end
}
</code>