RE: Null-capable field passed by reference to subprocedure

Thanks for everyone's responses.

Martin Hillier wrote:
> Do you have the H - spec ALWNULL(*USRCTL) (Or the compilation
> option, but I
> recommend sticking it in the H Spec)?

Yes, thanks; it wouldn't even compile without that.

Hans Boldt wrote:
> You've just encountered a limitation of null-capable fields.
> The "null" flag is an attribute of a database field only,
<snip>

That's what I feared.

David Morris wrote:
> One solution would be to write a database wrapper/shell/server,
> whatever you want to call it for each database file. Then provide
> a generic procedure setNull(fieldname). That module would also
> support various get record procedures etc.  I usually write an
> abstraction layer (Mediator) that calls file specific module routines,
<snip>

That sounds interesting, but is much more than I need at present.  I was
just doing a small fix to a small application -- and I only had to do it
at all because we had to redesign the DB to work around a bug in the
Client Access ODBC driver.  But that's another story.

Thanks again.

Cheers,

Martin.

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