RE: Parameter decimal-data error on submitted program

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Look in the FAQ.
> http://faq.midrange.com/data/cache/70.html

Thanks Charles,

I did see that, maybe I didn't read closely enough, but in my case, I'm not
passing literal values, I'm passing variables of the same definition between
the two programs.

Does SBMJOB convert the value in the variable to a literal?  And, thus,
literals are passed as 15,5?

I think I see it now.  I didn't pick up the implication of "the _system_ is
converting those variables to literals before issuing the CALL command."

I forgot where I put my memory improvement pills.  <sigh>

Booth, thanks for the response.  That's what I ended up doing.  To me, it
seems "klutzy" to have to do CHGVAR alpha VALUE(numeric) for every numeric
variable being passed in the CL SBMJOB, then have to either use data
structures on the parms in the RPG program or move alpha to numeric
stand-alone variables.

Someone else suggested to just change all variables to 15,5.  This works as
well, but I'll end up having to do the same moves as the numeric>alpha and
alpha>numeric process that I ended up going with.  The CL program gets these
numeric values from a SNDRCVF on a display file, so they are defined as they
need to be.  Then, in the RPG program, they are used as key fields.

Relearned something very old today!

db