Thanks Buck

["Murali dhar" <hydchap1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Buck ! ur mail did really help me !Thanks once again
Murali.

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 Buck wrote :
> Murali wrote:
>
> >D                 Ds
> >DParmr                         256
> >D Amtr                    1    180
> >D RFrmRt                181    188P 8
> >D RFrmCd                189    189
> >D RToRt                 190    197P 8
> >D RtoCd                 198    198
> >D REMUIn                199    199
> >D RCnvRT                200    207P 8
> >D RCnvCd                208    208
> >D RmlTpx                209    216P 8
>
> >0137.00 C                   Eval      Rate   = RMltPx
>
> > YNGTEST/YGETFXRI found a decimal-data error at statement 137
> >Can anybody let me knoe why im getting this
> >errors consecutively and how I do solve them?
>
> The steps I take for a decimal data error normally begin with 
> responding to
> the error with a D so I can see the actual value of the variables 
> which may
> be in error.  Here, it's probably RMltPx, which is probably 
> x'40404040'
> There is a good possibility that the program is not doing 
> anything to
> populate the data structure.  All data structures in RPG are 
> initialised to
> *BLANK (x'4040'...) when the program starts, so if the code does 
> not do
> anything to populate the variables there, they will all be blanks 
> (NOT
> zero).
>
> If my guess is correct, there are two approaches you can take:
> 1) Make sure your program always populates the variables in the 
> data
> structure
> 2) Specify the INZ keyword and have the compiler initialise the 
> DS for you
>
> I hope this helps you get started.
>   --buck
>
>
>
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