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  3. August 2002

RE: Fixing bad data in a numeric field

Ron,

Perhaps the easiest method would be to write a simple program which
would examine the hex data within the field (redefine the field to
character data) and then update the last byte to x'0F'.

I assume that you are referring only to the last byte of a packed field.
Having a value of x'00' in the middle of a packed field is normal.

Can you give an example of the hex value of a bad field?  What is it?
What should it be?

I would be concerned about how such corruption could occur.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> On Behalf Of Klein, Ron
> Subject: Fixing bad data in a numeric field
>
> Hi All,
> I have encountered a lot of numeric fields that contain bad data.  In
> specific these are packed fields that have a value of Hex'00' in them.
So
> I
> need to change them to Hex'0F'.  Any suggestions on how I can
accomplish
> this.  TIA
> Ron

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