Re: decimal data error (packed field?)

[Pete Hall <peteh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 17:47 10/27/1998 , Tim Truax wrote:
>Hello,
>What is the best way to test a field that is coming from a data
>structure (field is described as  P 0001 0003 0 XAMT on the data
>structure)?  When I access this field by doing a   Z-ADD XAMT     CAMT
>7/0,  I am getting the DDE on this statement.
>What is the method to use to be sure that my field has numeric integrity
>BEFORE I do the Z-ADD to CAMT.
>I thought about using TEST,  but this is a packed field.

Tim,

When I was doing conversions, I used to run into this quite a bit, although not 
with packed subfileds (S/36 didn't have them). The error was usually caused by 
a subfield being referenced before the structure was initialized, usually 
because the first record hadn't been processed yet. Usually, I could make the 
problem go away by initializing the numeric subfields in the *INZSR. If that 
didn't work, then it was necessary to trace how the data was being modified and 
fixing it at the source of the problem.



Pete Hall
peteh@inwave.com 
http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/

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