Re: Binary vs. Integer Parameters

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>> . . . So, if you define it as being a 4B field, then if the API (or
whatever) returns
>> a value larger than 9,999 it would be truncated with unpredictable results.
>> If you define the field as 5I however, there is no truncation possible. . .
>>
>
>Okay, makes sense, so why then are the parameters for the API's defined
binary?  And
>the follow up question, since the API parameters are defined as binary,
isn't the
>quantity/value limitation therein inheirant (or would it be possible that
even though
>the API's specify binary, they may pass back information that would
overflow a binary
>field, but not an integer)?
>
>Bill

Hmm I dunno, but whenever I have looked at a dump the binary fields contain
what look awfully like hex values to me, so a 4B field could contain up to
FFFF (65535 in decimal).

Cheers.
Evan
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