Re: Data type of "Open"? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Data type of "Open"?
From: "James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:10:33 -0700
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rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On my V5R3 machine if ICRTPF FILE(QTEMP/TEMPFILE) RCDLEN(134)the data type is simply character. If ICRTPF FILE(QTEMP/TEMPFILE) RCDLEN(134) igcdta(*yes)
the data type is Open.

Can't seem to find a definition for 'Open'.


It's been around, though rarely used, since V2.

I don't know much about it, except that it seems to havesomething vaguely to do with mixed SBCS/DBCS data.


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JHHL

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