RE: Decimal-data error when SBMJOB, but not when called inline

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan said:

>There are no (explicit?) literals involved here.  All the 
>numerics are defined the same and all are the default 
>packed data type.  Does the SBMJOB "convert" 
>variables into implicit literals?

Because SBMJOB is a command line, there's no way to declare a type or size
there.  So, despite the fact that the CL program has a declared size/type,
it can't pass that information along to the command line.  So the command
line does the best job it can to figure it out by itself.  If it sees
numbers, it stores them into a packed 15/5 buffer.  If it sees
characters/mixed, it stores them in a 32 character buffer UNLESS there are
more than 32 non-blank characters passed in, in which case the buffer is
extended to the size of the characters passed in.

It's easier for me to understand if I think of all command lines as if I was
using QCMDEXC, and need to format a single command string to send to it.
  --buck