Re: Null Capable Fields -- RPG400-L

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In a message dated 99-10-12 13:17:28 EDT, you write:

> ok, my curioisty is piqued.  What problem does a "null-capable" field 
>  solve?  I thought it's only function was to signal a data field's 
>  virginity, and I can't imagine a problem that solves.

It provides the 'correct' way of expressing the value of fields that have no 
value.  Like 'termination date' for a not-terminated employee in the employee 
master or 'date shipped' for an order that has not shipped.  Now you fill 
these with some dummy 'magic' data like all *zeros or *loval or *hival but 
they really should have NO value.
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