Re: Need help about an OCL

Doug,

 I'm going to guess that it's invalid and FMTDTA's default just changes it
into a "C".  If he had diags set to output in the "H" spec, it would
probably show that.  There's no concept of a field in FMTDTA (nee #GSORT!)
and the "C"haracter type of request does allow more than one character to
be compared, IIRC.

 -mark

Original Message:
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From: Douglas Handy dhandy@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:06:40 -0400
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Need help about an OCL


Mark,

What does the "F" represent?


As I recall, it was Field, or at least that is how I would think of it.  It
basically meant you were comparing the characters (since sort column 8 was C
not D for digit or Z for Zone bits etc) in columns 9-16 to those in 17-24.

It is not to be confused with a F in column 6, which stood for Force and
allowed forcing certain values into the sort fields.  This was typically
used with multiple select groups, each with different criteria and which
needed a different sort priority or sequencing.

Doug


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