Re: Binary fields in DB2 and RPG -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Binary fields in DB2 and RPG
From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:30:26 -0500
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Barbara Morris wrote:

You can get around it by defining an externally-described DS for your file. That provides explicit definitions for the fields in your file, so you won't have to rely on RPG's default types.

H EXTBININT(*YES)
FVOTES if e disk rename(votes:rvotes)
add D e ds extname(VOTES)

Okay, I get it now. I'm slow, but I catch on eventually... <grin>

Joe

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