RE: Null Values for Date

["Phil" <sublime78ska@xxxxxxxxx>]

Would this work as well:

d nullpointer      s        *

C            if      %addr(date) = nullpointer

I've used this with subprocedures when one of the parms is options(*omit) to
test whether it was omitted.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of bmorris@ca.ibm.com
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 1:13 PM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Null Values for Date
>
>
>
> >From: Andy Youens <Andy@formaserve.co.uk>
> >Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:26:02 +0100
> >
> >Before I display this field on the screen, I check its value using the
> >%NULLIND check.
> >
> >should I be using the *Loval check
> > If        ScCnt <>  *Loval
>
> Andy, the only way to test if a field is null is to use %nullind.
>
> The actual value of the field _might_ be *Loval, (I think the DFT
> keyword controls the "value" contained in a null field).  But you
> shouldn't compare the field to Loval, or use TEST on it, or use the
> value in any way, until you've checked whether or not it's null.
>
> Barbara Morris
>
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