RE: DDL - Handling Nulls -- MIDRANGE-L

Doug,

I don't understand your question.

For an RPG program to even read a record containing NULL values, the ALWNULL(*INPUTONLY) must be used
in the h-spec or on the CRTxxx command.

For an RPG program to read & write, ALWNULL(*USRCTL) must be specified.

The default is ALWNULL(*NO) which means the program would throw and exception if it read a record with
NULL values.

So what are the current settings for the RPG and the DDL and what do you want to change?

Charles Wilt
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Software Engineer
CINTAS Corporation - IT 92B
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Palme
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 10:29 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: DDL - Handling Nulls

We have been expirementing with DLL files lately and have run into an
issue regarding NULL values. Now, I know that SQL tables allow NULL as
a
value for a field and it is considered a data type that can be used;
and
that is different than a blank.

I also know that I can code the DDL up front to not allow nulls and
provide a default value, but is there a way to handle nulls in an RPG
IV
program without having to recompile the DDL?

Just looking for as many options here as possible, knowing that the
best
one is to code it right up front....
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