Re: Conversion to ILE

[David Fung <david-fung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Putting a S in the Data Type column will make it a zoned field.

i.e. 

 ... 1 ...+... 2 ...+... 3 ...+... 4 ...+... 5 ..
 D D£M             S              2S 0 DIM(12)   

HTH

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David Fung (A small fish in the ocean of Information Technology.)



---Lo <raikovl1@midas-kapiti.com> wrote:
>
> I'm involved in a mass  RPG III-to-RPG IV conversion exercise. We
> attempted to use the standard IBM conversion utility (CVTRPGSRC), but
> bumped into the following problem:
> 
> whenever we try to convert a standalone ZONED decimal array
> specification, e.g.
> 
>  ...+... 1 ...+... 2 ...+... 3 ...+... 4 ...+... 5 ...+... 6 ...+...
7 
>      E                    D£M        12  2
> 0                               
> 
> CVTRPGSRC produces something like
> 
>  ... 1 ...+... 2 ...+... 3 ...+... 4 ...+... 5 ..
>  D D£M             S              2  0 DIM(12)   
> 
> which is a PACKED array specification. Of course, if the array
> definition is in the same source member as the input structure
> specification, everything  works fine.
> 
> Is it a known problem? If yes, are there any workarounds?
> 
> Lo
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