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Barbara,
        Why is it that the QUALIFIED keyword is the cause of Rick's
issue?  

        If I attempt a similar test and my external DS is not qualified,
the cross reference reports the fields is zoned.  As soon as I add the
QUALIFIED keyword it's packed.
 
Thanks, Matt


-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Barbara Morris
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:28 PM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Field interpreted differently between physical
and logical

Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> I've got a strange one but I'm sure there is some little thing I'm
overlooking.
> ...
> 366=I                             S   47   54 0I2GFID
Global Fax
> ...
> Field definition at end of compile listing
> I2GFID            P(8,0)                366D
> 

Rick, the I spec doesn't define the field, it just defines the data in
the input buffer.  If you don't explicitly define the field with a D
spec, the compiler will assign a default definition for the field.  If
it's numeric, it will be packed(*) and if it's a date it will have the
module's default date format.

(*) For maximum confusion, if a data structure has the the numeric
field's name, but no type information, then the numeric field will be
zoned, not packed.

To get all your input fields to be defined internally the same way they
are defined in the file, use an externally-described data structure in
your calling program:
   D               e ds                  extname(ISFQE201:ISFQE2R)


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