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  3. July 2017

How does a SQL result set return pack fields to the caller

I am supporting a site that uses result sets to return data to the caller
which is usually a external system but within the enterprise network.

I see they have a mix of result sets (data structures) that have packed
fields in them. My practice has always been to define the fields in a data
structure for a result set as character.

The developer of the calling apps could not give me a proper answer so I am
going to bounce the question here.

Does the system convert packed fields to zoned or character fields?

I assume it can based on the CCSIDs in use.

What is the best practice?

TIA

Darryl Freinkel

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