Re: Field length needs to be different in logical from physical

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Douglas,

I don't think you can do this.  You can use the SST (substring) function 
to trim out a portion of a field; I do that all of the time.  But I 
think it has to have another name; such as:

   A            IVCTLG                                  
   A            BRAND              I      SST(IVDESC 1 4)
   A            IVQS                                    
   A            IVCSTS                                  

where the 'IV' fields are data fields in my item master, but 'BRAND' is 
the first two positions of the item's description.


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Douglas W. Palme wrote:

> I have a PF with a field name of ILNINV#A which is 2 characters in length, 
> however I need to trim it in my logical to just the FIRST CHARACTER, can I 
> specify the length in the logical to just 1 character and if that will work 
> will it in fact only the trailing character?
>
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> If you bought, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.
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