RE: Compile error - why?

[Arulanandham_R <Arulanandham_R@xxxxxxxxxx>]

VARRYING is not allowed with this date conversion.
it should be fixed length character variable...

Be ignorant than urban insane
Smile :-) from your Heart

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Duzenbury [SMTP:rduz@westernmidrange.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 2:51 AM
> To:   rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Compile error - why?
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm getting a compile error on this.  What is that rationale for not
> allowing one to move from a date field into a VARYING alpha field?  This
> machine is on V4R5, btw.  Now it looks like I'll have to declare a
> non-varying field to accept the data, and then do an extra move or eval to
> get the data over into $tagval.
>
> D work_date       S               D
> D $tagval         s            512    VARYING
> C     *usa          movel     work_date     $tagval
>
> *RNF7560 30      1 Variable-length field is not allowed with this
> operation.
>
> Curious.
>
>
> Regards,
> Rich
>
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