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  3. January 2009

Re: Changing a zoned decimal value with SQL

IIRC F is not the only valid indicator of positive values in a zoned field - it is really a single bit that says what the sign is - I don't remember which it is

sjl wrote:
Michael Smith wrote:
So, my question is, why don't I see the C5 for the positive but rather, I
see a F5 instead.


Michael-

Maybe you're thinking about packed values...

The zone value for the low-order byte of signed numeric positive values is always F.
The zone value for the low-order byte of signed numeric negative values is always D.

- sjl



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