RE: Fixing bad data in a numeric field

["Smith, Nelson" <NSmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

How about EXTBININT(*YES)?  That's in our standard H-Specs now.  Could the
same things be said about it?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buck Calabro [SMTP:Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:56 AM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: Fixing bad data in a numeric field
>
> >Is there any downside to using this H-spec just as
> >"preventative" medicine in our set of standard H-specs?
> >>    H fixnbr(*inputpacked)
>
> Aside from having RPG change your 'bad' data to zero, there is a
> tremendous
> performance hit.  Each time a number is corrected, a message is written to
> the job log.  So the program essentially 'stalls' while OS/400 logs the
> error AND you get to fill up your job log at the same time!
>   --buck
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