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  3. January 2008

Re: Packed Numbers

Rich Loeber wrote:
I'm trying to recall IBM's specifications on size contraints, if any, for packed data fields. For some reason, I thought packed data was limited to 15 digits, but I can't be sure about this and I'm seeing some data fields that seem to support larger field sizes.

Rich Loeber
Kisco Information Systems
http://www.kisco.com

As far back as V5R2 you could have 30 digits, and V5R4 bumped that up to 63.

I still can't figure out a use for 63 digits, but hey, it's there! <grin>

Joe

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