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Re: AW: V7R1 Field Procedures

On 3/18/2011 1:46 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:
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However, doesn't the DDS binary type (when decimal position = 0 )
support the full range of values that RPGLE integer would? Unlike
RPG's binary type?

Thus I've always considered DDS binary fields to be integers.

Am I lying to myself? Is there something DDS binary fields don't have
that true integer fields would?


You're right. It can store the full binary range. You can even do that with RPG if you code EXTBININT(*YES) in the H spec.

It's not so much "DDS" that controls the field as the various consumers of the field. Even if it's defined as say B(7,0) and maybe even B(7,2), there are are probably some things (like other programming languages?, SQL?) that would let you use the full binary range even if it's way outside the defined range.



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