Re: Floating Point Question

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:44:45 -0400
>From: "Nelson C. Smith" <ncsmith@gate.net>
>Subject: Re: Floating Point Question
>
>>From: bmorris@ca.ibm.com <bmorris@ca.ibm.com>
>>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
>>Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 12:14 PM
>>
>>Blobs ... you need embedded SQL to get that data out.  RPG itself can't see
>the blob data.
>>...
>
>You mean there won't be anything in the trigger buffers?  Will changes to
>the blob even fire a trigger?
> ...

The buffer only holds a handle to the blob.  You need SQL to get the blob data.
Sorry, I don't know the answer about whether changes to the blob fire the
trigger.

>> ... LBCPYNV() ...
>Whoa!  You lost me about two paragraphs up.  My little bit-counting routine
>is not this long.  Could you just wrapper this in a procedure called
>CvtPackToZone() ?  I don't think I really want to know how it works.  What's
>that old saying about politics and sausage?

Sure, you could put easily wrap lbcpynv in a procedure.

Barbara


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