Re: Packed vs. Zoned -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Packed vs. Zoned
From: "M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 09:41:47 -0400
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Barbara,

At 9/25/01 12:18 PM -0400, you wrote:
>You can get your zero-decimal-position binary fields from external files
>and data structures to be treated as integer (rather than 'B'-binary)
>types by coding EXTBININT(*YES) in your H spec.

  Is there any downside to this keyword (barring a rare reliance on the
binary "rollover" value)?

  -mark

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