Internally described files with null data

Folks:

An associate of mine is trying to do some strange stuff with internally
described files... and he's running into problems with NULL data in a
field.

Basicly, we're trying to extract data from a file that is internally
described... but when we encounter null data in a field (either alpha or
date) we get "Message . . . . :      CPF5029   Data mapping error on
member CVRGCOMP [...] error code 19.  19 -- An unexpected null field was
found."

We're defining a bunch of "I" specs for the maximum file size and then
extracting the field information based on a DSPFFD output.

Apparently the ALWNULL parameter on CRTBNDRPG only applies to externally
described files.

Any suggestions on how to deal with this error?

Thanks!

David
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David Gibbs
Sr. Software Engineer
Mortice Kern Systems US, Inc.
2500 S. Highland Ave., Suite 200
Lombard, IL  60148
DID: (630) 734-5451
http://www.mks.com

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