Re: Parameters

[Gary L Peskin <garyp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael --

The error message is your clue.  java is saying that it can't find a
constructor for java.math.BigDecimal which takes an Object as its only
argument.  The main reason for that is that no such constructor is
defined!!

However, you shouldn't need to create a new BigDecimal.  This should
work:

key3[0] = keyedRecord.getField("RRCRS#");

Gary

"Gibbons, Michael" wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? I am reading a record and
> retrieving a field(it is a packed decimal field 5,0)
> 
> BigDecimal Course = (BigDecimal)keyedRecord.getField("RRCRS#"); // this
> works OK
> 
> I then want to use the above value to get a record from a file that has a
> packed decimal field 5,0 as its key.
> 
> key3[0] = (Object) new BigDecimal(keyedRecord.getField("RRCRS#"));
> 
> VA java tells me that
> 
> "The constructor invoked to create jav.math.BigDecimal with
> arguments[java.lang.Object] is not defined."
> I thought it had to be defined for the first statement to work.
> 
> Thanks in advance! (and for all the prior help)
> 
> Michael P. Gibbons
> Manager of Programming & Technical Services
> MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY
> 2300 Adams Ave.
> Scranton, PA 18509
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