Re: This RPG problem is REALLY WEIRD...

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

show the code... all the moves, etc
jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Rayburn" <the400man@hotmail.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: This RPG problem is REALLY WEIRD...


> Totally stumped people...
>
> 1. operating on V4.3, i170 machine
>
> 2. RPG 3 compiled program problem running in batch mode.
>
> 3. Invoice header file is the suspect and it is in a program that has
>    been running clean, handling 1000 records per day for
>    over a year.
>
> 4. 3 date fields...2 zoned each...mm,dd,yy eventually being moved into
>    3 other like defined fields to calculate a future date one month in
>    advance. NO DATA STRUCTURES DEFINED ANYWHERE FOR THESE FIELDS.
>
> 5. Problem. chain made to file to bring in fields.
>
>    mm=08, dd=11, yy=02. easy enough, right? Sure. 99.9% of the time.
>    But 8 months ago something happened. And a few minutes ago, after
>    thousands of invoices were processed over 8 months time, IT happened
>    again.
>
> 6. The month became 81 and the day became 00! I know because I did a
SRVJOB
> and DEBUG and saw them! After I fixed the variables, the next invoice
comes
> in with the same EXACT date, 08.11.02...and NO PROBLEM!
> 8 months ago, i believe it was 02.11.02...is the "11" day messing this up.
>
> 7. Now there is a MOVEL command to move the input fields to the SAME
EXACTLY
> DEFINED OUTPUT fields but what in heck does that have to do with the
fields
> being presented in a whacked out fashion? It sure looks like a TWILIGHT
ZONE
> shift to the left occurred (on a chain?). Geez, let's do the time warp
> again!
>
> HELP!!!!!!!!
>
> PS...we're upgrading to v5.1 late next month.
>
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