Re: JDBCR4 help: having trouble front-ending Java DatabaseMetaData.getIndexInfo() for ILE RPG -- JAVA400-L

Subject: Re: JDBCR4 help: having trouble front-ending Java DatabaseMetaData.getIndexInfo() for ILE RPG
From: Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:45:31 -0400
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On 3/25/2013 6:58 PM, Dan Kimmel wrote:

Good to know. Not intuitive, to me, anyway. I suppose an indicator is
as close to boolean as RPG offers. It does make sense that the
signature would be wrong. There must be a type conversion chart in a
reference manual somewhere we could point people towards.

Here's the Java/RPG type conversion table in the ILE RPG Programmer's Guide.
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzasc/sc092507223.htm#javadefs

I think RPG's indicator type _is_ boolean in its intent. It's just its implementation as a byte that makes it a less than pure boolean.

Me, I think it would have been very unfriendly of RPG to map either Java boolean or RPG indicator any other way.

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