RE: Packed vs. Zoned

["CHARLES ROGERS" <CHARLES.ROGERS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

we converted ours also.  but working with flat files that have existed
for years that are packed in format mmddyy is nothing but painful


-----Original Message-----
From: Leland, David [mailto:dleland@Harter.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:12 AM
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Packed vs. Zoned


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We don't call it Utopia but we converted all our decimal (zoned &
packed)
fields that contained date values to true date fields as a part of our
Y2K
conversion.  Life has never been better, when it comes to working with
dates.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: CHARLES ROGERS [mailto:CHARLES.ROGERS@nucorsteelsc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:06 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Packed vs. Zoned


There shouldn't be.  You must be in utopia.

-----Original Message-----
From: Leland, David [mailto:dleland@Harter.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:02 AM
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Subject: RE: Packed vs. Zoned


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There isn't such a thing as a packed date field.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: CHARLES ROGERS [mailto:CHARLES.ROGERS@nucorsteelsc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:54 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Packed vs. Zoned


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

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