Re: Internally described files with null data

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmmm...have you tried creating it with ignore data decimal error and see
what you get??

Don in DC


On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, David Gibbs wrote:

> 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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