Re: Internally described files with null data

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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