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  3. January 2002

RE: Check for Invalid data

>All of the  fields for the EVAL are from a
>pf and they are defined as character data,
>but when I look at the data I noticed that
>the values are NULL or hex 00.   My question
>is how do I check for this invalid value
>before my EVAL?

if myfield = *allx'00'

Is the file null capable?  Do a DSPFD and see if the fields have ALWNULL on
them.  If that's the case, you may need to check the null indicator instead
of the value of the field.
  --buck

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