Re: DDS Coding

[msmith6@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

subject: RE: DDS coding

>Ah COBOL....I'm a little rusty and I've never used COBOL on the 400, 
but
>a quick look at the reference manual lead me to believe that the 
iSeries
>doesn't support PIC 9.99 in a externally defined file. 9V99 is 
supported
>but not 9.99.

Funny, we don't use RPG much.  Everyone seems to know COBOL so we let 
the one RPG package do its stuff and write COBOL around it.  Anyway, I 
had just looked in the DDS Reference not COBOL because I would think 
this was a data issue not a particuliar language deal.  I'll take a 
look at the COBOL Reference.

The file is an output from various claims information going to a 
business partner so were not looking to use it for input to anything.

When I created the database in two differnent ways 
First:
Field   4A

Second:
Field1   1S
Field2   1A
Field3   2S

and I add a record to both, DSPPFM and put it in hex (F10). It's all 
the same, so it looks fine with 4A.

Thanks,
Mike