Re: SQLRPG Help

>Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 17:56:50 -0500
>From: Mark McCarty <M_McCarty@worldnet.att.net>
>
>I have a decimal data error that somehow long ago got into a field.  Is
>there a way using sql toreplace the error with a 0.  When I try a simple
>update it gives me an 802 error with type 6(data decimal).
> ...
>Any suggestions on a simpler approach?

Mark, there's a feature of ILE RPG that will enable you to get exactly
the results you what you want with the following program (assuming
your bad field is called "NUM"):

H FIXNBR(*INPUTPACKED)
FFILE      UP   E             DISK
IREC           01
OREC       D    01
O                       NUM

When you code FIXNBR(*INPUTPACKED), the ILE RPG compiler will assign a
value of 0 to the internal field if it encounters invalid decimal data
in an I spec for a packed field.  I privately think this is a horrible
feature since it is so easy to misuse; programmers can get an instant
"fix" for decimal data errors that is more of a cover-up than a fix.

You could also use CPYF if you define a temp file with the problem
field as zoned instead of packed, but otherwise identical fields.  Copy
your file to the temp file with FMTOPT(*MAP) and then copy it back.

Barbara Morris


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