RE: Date()

Joe,

I dislike the way RPG supports NULL.  In my case, its not the %nullind() bif 
but the fact that you can't have a null RPG variable.

Basically, I don't see much difference between

if myField <> *ALL9;
  //do something
endif;

and 

if not %nullind(myField);
  //do something
endif;

Though I must admit I think that an SQL style test would be prettier..

if myField is not NULL;
  //do something
endif;



What I dislike is having to code:

if noDataFlag;
  %nullind(myField) = *ON;
else;
  %nullind(myField) = *OFF;
  myField = myVariable;
endif;

instead of simply being able to do:

myField = myVariable;



Just my $.02

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 1:35 PM
> To: 'Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400'
> Subject: RE: Date()
> 
> 
> > From: RPower@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > Sorry... guess old RPG habits are hard to ignore.....
> > I'll conform.  I can change.  Hehe.  Null it is.
> 
> I hate null indicators.  I hate the extra space in the file.  
> I hate the
> syntax of the %nullind BIF.  I hate everything about them.  Doesn't
> matter what I think, however <g>.  They're the right way to identify
> that a field has not been entered.
> 
> But it still takes an effort of will to actually use them.  
> Does anybody
> else have this unnatural predisposition against null indicators, or is
> it just me?
> 
> Joe
> 
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