RE: Reade With a Packed Field

>Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:02:59 -0500
>From: "Shaw, David" <dshaw@spartan.com>
>
> ...
>It won't work right in a CHAIN, SETLL, or READE because the database
>routines don't do the comparisons using the human-readable field contents,
>rather they compare bit-by-bit for the two strings.
> ...

Sorry, Dave, but that is completely false.  The database routines
do use the "human readable contents", including all the special key
features like ABSVAL, ALTSEQ, non-preferred sign etc.  It's only
RPG III that has a problem, and only with READE and the EQ indicator
for SETLL.  All other keyed I/O is done the way you, a human, would
expect.

RPG IV doesn't have this problem with READE and SETLL/EQ.

.-------------------------------------------------------------.
| If you use any special key features, or have any zoned or   |
| packed numerics with non-preferred signs, AND you use READE |
| or SETLL with the EQ indicator, then you should use RPG IV  |
| for your keyed I/O (or at least not RPG III).               |
'-------------------------------------------------------------'

"Ok, ok, you don't have to shout", they cried.

Barbara Morris


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