Re: Initialize fields

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike,

> I have some fields that are numeric coming in from an outside source.
> The program bombs when there is a data decimal error of course.

If the fields are coming from an outside source, are they actually 
formatted as packed or zoned fields in a database?

When I work with numeric fields from an outside source, they're usually 
formatted in a human-readable format (like an RPG number after an edit 
code is applied to it... it has a decimal point, and no leading or 
trailing zeroes, etc.)

If that's what you're dealing with, read it into a character field, and 
use %DEC() to convert it to numeric.


 I am
> wanting to prevent this from occuring. Do you normally take care of
> this in the begining of your program and how do you do so?