RE: Changing PF Definition - Signed to Unsigned

Brian,

I think you need to take a look at the DDS manual.

4S 0 doesn't mean 'signed', it means zoned.

4  0 doesn't mean 'unsigned', it means packed (as does 4P 0).

In either case, zoned and packed fields are always signed.

The iSeries doesn't have an "unsigned" type for any files regardless of
if you use DDS or SQL DDL to define the file.

HTH,

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Piotrowski
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:21 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Changing PF Definition - Signed to Unsigned
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>  
> 
> We have a lot of legacy tables that use signed integers for 
> their field
> types.  I would like to convert these fields to an unsigned integer
> field.  Now the previous programmers used these fields for 
> storing date
> parts (ie: 4S 0 for a year field - why we'd need a negative year is
> beyond me, but I digress).  If I do a CHGPF on these fields, will it
> affect the data in any way?
> 
>  
> 
> As I mentioned, we have examples such as this:
> 
> PRODYYYY 4S 0
> 
> PRODMM    4S 0
> 
> PRODDD     4S 0
> 
> PRODDATE 8S 0
> 
>  
> 
> I'd like to change it to this:
> 
> PRODYYYY 4  0
> 
> PRODMM    4  0
> 
> PRODDD     4  0
> 
> PRODDATE 8  0
> 
>  
> 
> What will happen to the data in these tables?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Brian.
> 
>  
> 
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