Re: Using API QDMLOPNF

Thanks Simon,

The "ah-ha" moment is BIN(4) is not 4 decimal places rather 4 bytes of
storage which is the equivalent of pic 9(5) to pic 9(9).

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On 13/01/2006, at 8:29 AM, Daniel Mielke wrote:

> What am I missing?

01 BINARY-NUMBER   PIC S9(09) BINARY.

Refer to section 2.1.2.3 in the COBOL Programmer's Guide for a detailed 
explanation of how to map S9(n) to BIN(2), BIN(4) or BIN(8) data types.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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