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First create a zoned decimal field based on the packed decimal field.

You can then substring the zoned decimal field.

hth,
Peter Dow
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----- Original Message -----
From: <ajeffery@bacardi.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 3:57 AM
Subject: LF Field Level Redefinition - Packed to Alpha ?


> I currently have a packed numeric field within a Physical File that I
would
> like to convert to Alpha
> value (within a LF) therefore enabling a SST to be performed on the Alpha
> value.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Thanks In Advance.
>
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