Re: external data area

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Booth,

In a message dated 97-07-01 08:27:56 EDT, you write:

> I want one of the fields in a 57 character external data area to be
>  numeric.  I can not figure out how to do that in CL.  It seems to be
>  insisting on *CHAR only, no numerics.  Can I put numeric values in the
>  data area?  say...  put a minus 3500 starting at postion 45
>  
>       CHGDTAARA DTAARA(SMPLDA (45 4) VALUE(-3500)
>  
>  doesn't work.  Any ideas?

Data area values are limited by the type specified with CRTDTAARA.  I'm
betting that yours is *CHAR.  Try CHGDTAARA DTAARA(SMPLDA (45 4)
VALUE("-3500")

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

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