Re: Viewing packed decimal field as a string -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Viewing packed decimal field as a string
From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:30:02 -0400
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One technique I've wondered about was creating a UDTF in RPG which would
take the ENTRY_DATA and bounce it against an externally defined data
structure and return all the columns. Of course, if you add/modify the
columns you have to at least recompile the RPG program.

Rob Berendt

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