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have you ever had to work with packed date fields? -----Original Message----- From: PatrickConner@parkdalemills.com [mailto:PatrickConner@parkdalemills.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:37 AM To: rpg400-l@midrange.com Subject: Packed vs. Zoned The other day I was discussing the differences/advantages of packed numerics vs. zoned numerics in physical files. This was brought up by the fact that zoned becomes packed during the compile unless explicitly defined. One of the benefits of packed is that it is supposed to perform better. What other reasons are there for this? Also, consider packed vs. binary. I understand that if I define a binary field in a physical file the compiler will convert it to packed. Is it true that the packed field is then converted to binary to be processed at the MI level (or somewhere down there) to be reconverted back to packed on the way back up? Patrick Conner www.ConnecTown.com (828) 244-0822 _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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