Re: RPG Free Lesson -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: RPG Free Lesson
From: Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:17:28 -0400
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On 2011/7/1 1:07 PM, Scott Klement wrote:

Personally, if I wasn't planning to treat errors differently from
missing records, I'd omit the (E) extender.

CHAIN (DORDN) IPE500CH;
If %found;

Good catch, Scott. (E) without %ERROR is a bit like installing a smoke alarm and then disabling the alarm from ringing.

Rule to live by: If you code (E), you have to check %ERROR.

Same for indicators, if you code an indicator in the ER column, you have to check the indicator.

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