RE: Passing numeric fields to COBOL program

Hmm, Dean,

I was speaking COBOL not DB2 and probably was in
MainFrameLand mentaly, in any case, I did not know that,
thanks for the correction and new information!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DAsmussen@aol.com [SMTP:DAsmussen@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 3:25 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@MIDRANGE.COM
> Subject:      Re: Passing numeric fields to COBOL program
> 
> Howard,
> 
> In a message dated 98-06-10 10:35:41 EDT, you write:
> 
> > The sign is the 'F' part of your example, if it were a
> >  numeric field vs. a date field, the first time any
> >  arithmatic operation was done on the field the 'Fox'
> would
> >  change to 'C' or 'D' depending upon the value of the
> result.
> <<snip>>
> 
> Now _that's_ interesting!  I didn't know that DB2/400 had
> started using the
> "C".  We transferred data from a mainframe to the /400
> under V3R0M05, some of
> which contained packed, unsigned fields that had the "C"
> in the sign byte.  It
> took two days to figure out that, despite the fact that
> the file wasn't open
> for update, the "C" was automatically converted to an "F"
> in the database when
> the data was read -- immediately disabling our "position
> to" function in a
> subfile against the same data (which still held the "C"
> value) on the first
> invocation after data transfer!!!  Does this mean that the
> "C" would no longer
> be converted in the latter instance?
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
> 
> Things you never hear -- Bill Clinton saying "Yeah, I did
> it.  So what?"
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