RE: 7th bit of a field

Hi Narayanan,
You could use the TESTB opcode with indicator.  If 'on' you will take
action.  The bits start at 0 and end at 7.
If you are working on Java, there is a getbit() function that you could
use on JDBC.
Hope this helps,
Sudah

Sudha Ramanujan
SunGard Futures Systems
sramanujan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(312) 577 6179
(312) 577 6101 - Fax

-----Original Message-----
From: Muralidhar Narayana [mailto:Muralidhar_Narayana@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 2:08 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 7th bit of a field

There is column oriented file YCSC1. One of the field  is YSTAT1 which
is defined as 
 Type Character  &  Length  1.
I need select records from this file YCSC1 when 7th bit of YSTAT1 is
"on" .
Can some one help me how to go about this and acheive records for this
selection.


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