Re: Blank data entry that are really numeric -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Blank data entry that are really numeric
From: Joep Beckeringh <joep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 22:42:50 +0100
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simafrog wrote:

D' didn't work. The field is character. 'Y' isn't accepted because there is no decimal (not numeric).

How did you come to the conclusion that 'D' does not work? We use it all the time for character fields where we only allow digits.

Joep Beckeringh

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