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Hi Tim,

Just a note -- *LOVAL is not the same as a null value. A field can contain
*LOVALS and have its associated null indicator on or off.  And *LOVAL has
different values depending on the data type. For a date data type, *LOVAL is
0001-01-01, for a packed decimal 3.0 field, *LOVAL would be -999, and for a
character 2a field, it would be x'0000'.

If your date fields actually have x'00' in each byte, then it is an invalid
date, and RPGLE will also have a problem with it, regardless of whether its
null or not.

Regards,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax

From: "Hatzenbeler, Tim" <thatzenbeler@clinitech.net>
> right now, I have null's in my data data types (lovals), and the sql,
cann't
> handle these... So I would like the program to at least keep functioning,
> and then let me handle the nulls later when it comes to displaying them...



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