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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 "The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well." -- H.T. Leslie * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is the Midrange System Mailing List! To submit a new message, * * send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". To unsubscribe from * * this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Questions * * should be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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