Re: Parameters

Hello,

key3[0] = (BigDecimal)keyedRecord.getField("RRCRS#");
will work if key3 is defined as object array.

otherwise try

Object[] key3 = new Object[] {(BigDecimal)keyedRecord.getField("RRCRS#")};

----- Original Message -----
From: Gibbons, Michael <bmis04@MARYWOOD1.MARYWOOD.EDU>
To: 'Java-L' <java400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 4:13 PM
Subject: Parameters


> Hello,
>
> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? I am reading a record and
> retrieving a field(it is a packed decimal field 5,0)
>
> BigDecimal Course = (BigDecimal)keyedRecord.getField("RRCRS#"); // this
> works OK
>
> I then want to use the above value to get a record from a file that has a
> packed decimal field 5,0 as its key.
>
> key3[0] = (Object) new BigDecimal(keyedRecord.getField("RRCRS#"));
>
> VA java tells me that
>
> "The constructor invoked to create jav.math.BigDecimal with
> arguments[java.lang.Object] is not defined."
> I thought it had to be defined for the first statement to work.
>
>
> Thanks in advance! (and for all the prior help)
>
> Michael P. Gibbons
> Manager of Programming & Technical Services
> MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY
> 2300 Adams Ave.
> Scranton, PA 18509
>
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