Re: How to extract information from packed fields from AS400 in java!

JDBC should read information from a packed decimal field fine.  You should
be able to use ResultSet.getBigDecimal if you are using SQL queries to get
at the data.


Regards,

Richard D. Dettinger
AS/400 Java Data Access Team

"Biologists have a special word for stability -- dead"

                Larry Wall
                Open Source Developers Journal
                Issue 1, Jan  2000


ashaikhhafiz@chubb.com@midrange.com on 04/08/2001 08:58:41 PM

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Hi!
i have a problem reading the information from a packed field. how do i
extract the information which is stored on the AS400 as a packed field in
java, either from a servlet or a java class. it is more than one
information stored in the packed field.
Have a great day!
Thnx & Regards!
Azeem.

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