RE: Compiler error on packed field redefine

The From-To columns indicate the start and end locations in the database
record where the field is located. No the length of the fields. A quick
calculation of your packed field to me, indicates that:

 16 to 19 P 0
 16 through 19 = 4
 4 * 2 = 8
 8 - 1 = 7

Hence you field is 7 packed, so on a length-notation D spec you need to
code it as   7P 0
Unless the field is the rare "even packed" field, in which case it would
be 6P 0 look at the DDS source for the file and make the D spec look the
same.

Bob Cozzi
cozzi@rpgiv.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
On
> Behalf Of Buzz Fenner
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:31 AM
> To: RPG Discussion
> Subject: Compiler error on packed field redefine
>
> I have the following definition in a data structure; I'm grouping it
with
> two other fields for some search criteria:
>
> 0021.00 F*
> 0022.00 Dl1_mtr_attribs   ds             6
> 0023.00 D l1_mtrtyp                        1a
> 0024.00 D l1_mtrnbr                        4p 0
> 0025.00 D l1_mtrid                          1a
> 0026.00 D*
>
> The subfields are also come from an input file (snippet from compiler
> listing):
>
> SEU==>
> 0001.67     79=I                             A    1    1  L1_MTRTYP
> 0001.68     80=I                             A    2    2  L1_MTRID
> 0001.69     81=I                             P    3    5 3L1_WMSIZE
> 0001.70     82=I                             P    6    9 0L1_TRFNBR
> 0001.71     83=I                             P   10   15 0L1_MTRLOC
> 0001.72     84=I                             P   16   19 0L1_MTRNBR
>
> The compiler flags the l1_mtrnbr field in the ds as not matching the
> definition from the I-spec:
>
> 30 1 The length of the input field does not match the definition of
the
> field; specification is ignored.
>
> I can't see anything wrong.  Am I missing something?
>
> BTW, if I don't indicate the ds length as 6, the compiler shows it as
A(5).
> What's up with this?
>
> Buzz Fenner
> mailto:bfenner@jonesborocwl.org
>
>
>
>
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