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Re: Zone or Pack

> I got a file that contains a ZONE decimal field.  I also got a
> sub-procedure that accepts one parm and this parm is declared with the
> LIKE keyword that reference the ZONE field in the file.  The problem is
> that the compiler keeps create the field as pack.  Any idea?

I'm guessing that you're writing your program in RPG...?  You didn't say.

RPG always defaults fields to "packed" when they're brought in from a
file.  (It always has done this, in both RPG III and RPG IV on the AS/400)

The easiest fix is to simply define the field as "zoned" in a D-spec in
your program.  Another way (which helps preserve the benefits of using
an externally defined file) would be to bring in the field definition
using an externally defined data structure...

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