Re: RPG400-L Digest, Vol 8, Issue 568

I did not get any error messages when using *MAP *DROP to add fields,
leaving the original fields alone in their original positions.

Every time I used *NOCHK in the past, I was adding fields on the end so
everything lined up.   Now I know better.

---Dale

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Subject:
Re: timestamp data type in DDS
From:
Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:55:29 -0700
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dale janus wrote:

Hmmm, why not use CHGPF?

Because old habits die hard?

Because the first time I tried CHGPF I got a warning message that
scared me that I could lose data?

Does CPYF with (*MAP *DROP) not give a similar message? It should; I
haven't actually looked. I'd expect mostly the same kinds of 'loss of
data' to be possible both ways. Maybe the warning is a _good_ thing, eh?

Of course, CPFY with *NOCHK should be an obvious 'loss leader'. That
should almost require additional programming to force the function to
continue after acknowledging the condition.

Tom Liotta

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