Re: *DEC Data Area with two different fields

Peter,

*DEC is regarded as packed, so better to have a *CHAR data area. 
Then define the subfields directly under the DS of the data area.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler
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On 27-3-03 at 15:23 Peter Vidal wrote:

>Tough one for me.  I have a *DEC data area that is composed by a date and
>time fields.  My purpose is to be able to access them and then, at the end, to
>update them.  Here is the code:
>
> *
> * Work fields
>D PORFSHDTAARA    s             13s 0 dtaara(PORFSHARA)
>
>D PORFSHFLD       ds
>D   PORFSHDTE                    7s 0
>D   PORFSHTIM                    6s 0
>
>Then, I do this:
> *
> *  Retrieve last update date/time processed
>C     *lock         in        PORFSHDTAARA
>
>But when I try to do this:
>C                   Eval      PORFSHFLD = PORFSHDTAARA
>
>Is when explodes, saying "*RNF7416 30 1 The types of the right and left
>hand side do not match in the EVAL operation."  Obviously, it is because one is
>numeric (PORFSHDTAARA   S(13,0)) and the other one is not (PORFSHFLD   
>DS(13)).  I
>can't define the DS entry as *DEC with 13,0 so I am cornered.
>
>This is so simple that I am too confused.  I know you guys can help me quick 
>here.