Re: Overflow values

[Vanya Jovic <jovic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No way. TRUNCNBR(*NO) would influence only "old" op-codes (Z-ADD, ADD...).
EVAL enforces thoughtful programming, and ignoring the overflow is
certainly not best business practice. 

Vanya Jovic,
Canada

On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, RAJEEV ASTHANA wrote:

> 
> Hi Sudha,
> 
> It may be that your program has been compiled using option 
> TRUNCNBR(*NO).
> Change it to *YES and I hope you won't get overflow error.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rajeev.
> 
> 
> From: "Sudha Ramanujan" <sramanujan@sungardfutures.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Subject: Overflow  values
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 14:39:03 -0600
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> While using EVAL for computing numbers, if the result of computing gets
> larger than the result field definition, the throws up an error.  Is 
> there
> any way to get around this?  Like say truncate (as it does in Move) some
> EVAL(T)?? :)  If I use *PSSR, the program goes to the top of the line 
> and I
> loose all the work that is done till then.
> (Right now, am using a very large number for computation and comparing 
> that
> with *hival of the defined number and then if larger, moving hival!  
> Would
> prefer a much smarter way to do this.)
> 
> All the help appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sudha
> 
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