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Binary data is always unsigned.
Chris Bipes
Director of I.S.
CrossCheck, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Coulter
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 12:29 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Question about QSYGETPH and long passwords
On 22/12/2007, at 6:45 AM, Chris Bipes wrote:
That works because you are using small numbers. In RPGLE it should be
defined as 10U 0 for true unsigned binary. Large numbers that turn on
the high order bit become negative and cause all sorts of issues.
Unsigned should only be used when is explicitly defined in the API
interface. From the "Data types and APIs" section of the Information
Centre:
Binary data
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