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Re: CPYF FROMKEY/TOKEY using packed key field

On 11/1/05, Peter Dow (ML) <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Or drop all the leading & trailing zeros:
>
> CALL QCMDEXC ('CLRPFM KILLME', 13);
>
> And yes, I tried it and it works. The reason it works is that QCMDEXC is
> expecting the standard 15.5 packed decimal, which is what the command
> processor converts any numeric parameters to before passing them to the
> called program.


Hmmm, no luck with that. Got SQL0443 (Position 1 Trigger program or external
routine detected), the same as when I tried 25.00000 without the leading
zeros.

What VR are you on?

- Dan

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