Re: Decimal Data Error

[Dave Mahadevan <mahadevan@xxxxxxxx>]

Marc:

It appears the problem here is uninitialized  fields.   There are several ways
to handle this problem.  Three come to my mind.

1.  Define a DS with EXTNAME and set it to INZ
 ******************** DATA STRUCTURE  FILE FORMAT ******************
D HPGMFI        E DS                  EXTNAME(HPGMFILE)  INZ
**************************************************************************

2.  Use clear on the record format with ALL option  before you start the read
loop.
C      *NOKEY        CLEAR     ALL          RIFLE

3.  Compile with IGNDECERR(*YES) or FIXNBR(*ZONE) depending upon the compiler.
(I dont like this option).
Marc Woodbridge wrote:

> Hi there,
> Got this little problem :-
> SETGT on a file, then READP (using *in70) - now if we run off
> the top of the file *in70 = on and we bypass the rest of the file.
>
> Now, here comes the problem, there is a field from this file
> (defined as zoned decimal) that is used for calculation later on.
>
> If we hit tof (*in70 on), this field will hold hex '40' (spaces), which is
> wrong - it should hold zeros. No matter what I do to this field it ALWAYS
> gives a decimal data error.
>
> I've tried a bit of code like:
> *IN70  IFEQ *ON
>           Z-ADD *ZEROS GBBKXV
> (or)     MOVE *ZEROS GBBKXV
>           ENDIF
>
> this bit of code works but later on when I want to ADD GBBKXV to another
> field (packed decimal) I get the error.
>
> Anyone got any ideas ??
> Cheers
> Marc
> ikat@dircon.co.uk

--
Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net


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