Re: Parameter decimal-data error on submitted program

It could have to do with the CL numeric compatibility requirements, or in 
English, you should usually make all numerics in a CL passed to and from 
a RPG pgm 15,5. Since you are not really building a string, that should 
do it...

Regards,

Uros Davidovic

-----Original Message-----
From: "Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:25:33 -0400
Subject: Parameter decimal-data error on submitted program

> I'm hitting a serious brain fade here.  FWIW, we're on v5r2.
> 
> I have a CL program that has two numeric values.  The CL program then
> submits a job, calling an RPGLE program with those numeric fields as
> parameters.  The RPGLE program bombs with a decimal-data error.  The
> dump
> shows the two values as having hex zeros.
> 
> When I change the CL program to call the RPGLE program directly using
> the
> same parameters, and not submit it, it works fine.  (See example code
> below.)
> 
> Is SBMJOB doing something to those numeric parameter values?
> 
> tia,
> db
> 
> 
> Pgm
>       Dcl   &p_Month    *Dec  (     2  0 ) Value( 01 )
>       Dcl   &p_Year     *Dec  (     4  0 ) Value( 2004 )
> 
>       SbmJob     Cmd( Call ARR101CTSR +
>                    Parm( &p_Month &p_Year ))
> 
>       Call ARR101CTSR   Parm( &p_Month &p_Year )
> Endpgm
> 
> ARR101CTSR:
> 
>   d Date            s              7  0
>    * Entry parameters
>   d p_Month         s              2  0
>   d p_Year          s              4  0
> 
>   c     *Entry        Plist
>   c                   Parm                    p_Month
>   c                   Parm                    p_Year
> 
>   c                   Eval      Date = ( p_year - 1900 ) * 10000 +
>   c                                           p_month * 100 + 01
>   c                   Eval      *inLR = *On
>   c                   Dump
> 
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