RE: FLOAT data type.

Thanks a lot.
Converting source to ILE RPG worked fine for FLOAT.

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barbara Morris
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 11:53 PM
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Subject: Re: FLOAT data type.


Gauri Kulkarni wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This is the similar problem we discussed for DATE data type last week.
> The CVTOPT(*DATETIME) can be used to compile the program with data type
> DATE.
> I am facing the problem with data type 'F' (float) used in my RPG program.
> The compiler is not able to recognize this data type 'F' and giving the
> error as field or indicator not found.
> I tried other options for CVTOPT like *VARCHAR .. But didn't work.
> Is there anything else with which we can make it out ?
>

RPG/400 doesn't handle the float datatype under any circumstances.  If
you need to access the float data, use CVTRPGSRC to convert your program
to ILE RPG.

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