Re: Indicator

True enough...

But that's what IBM recommended in the MS SQL Server porting guide.

Honestly, it might be a bit more trouble than it's worth as it has the
effect of returning x'F1' in Run SQL Scripts and some other interfaces.

Charles

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc. <
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I don't use the FOR BIT DATA clause when I define indicators. It seems
that is really for binary data stored in a character field that you don't
ever want to be converted. Bit flags maybe, or encrypted data. I guess the
argument could be made for using FOR BIT DATA, but since '0' and '1' are
invariant characters, there isn't really any reason to treat it differently
from a normal CHAR(1).

Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 02/03/2016 02:56PM
Subject: Re: Indicator


The closest fit

CREATE TABLE TEST1(
MYIND CHAR (1 ) FOR BIT DATA NOT NULL WITH
DEFAULT '0' CONSTRAINT MYIND_CHK CHECK (myind in ('0','1'))
)

Charles

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Raul A Jager W <raul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Can I define a field of type N (Indicator in RPG) using DDL?

I did not find it in the SQL reference, is not possible, or I did not
look well?

TIA
Raúl

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