RE: RPG - conversion vs re-write -- MIDRANGE-L

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John,
 You said:

On Wednesday, September 10, 1997 10:56 PM, John Carr 
[SMTP:74711.77@compuserve.com] wrote:
>
> If a field is flagged as "NULL" what value would my RPG program actually
> see in it?
> If alpha?  If binary? If numeric?  if Date?


Well, I once had a dog and his name was BINGO!

The value of the date field, even when the null indicator is *ON, is what 
ever value was in there before. If you don't code for the null indicator in 
your program, it runs just like always.

Bob Cozzi
Bob@RPGIV.COM
www.rpgiv.com
AS/400 Books:  http://www.rpgiv.com/as400Books.html


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