Re: Data structure and data decimal error

I swear I just saw an article in the last week that talked about using an 
external data structure and the monitor op code for just this situation.

Try this:
http://www.eservercomputing.com/iseries/articles/index.asp?id=679

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 





"Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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07/23/2003 01:14 PM
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 Here is the scenario: 

Non iSeries files are being transferred to an iSeries.  The file layouts
will be "exactly the same" as needed in the iSeries files.  My plan would 
be
to  eval the incoming data string into an externally described data
structure, thusly populating the record format.  I've done this 
successfully
where all the fields are defined as character. 

In this instance however there are numeric fields and L type date fields 
in
the iSeries record format.  If a numeric field in the non iSeries record 
is
not a valid number I'd expect a data decimal error.   I've been assured 
that
will never happen.  Hence my first question:  Is there a way to avoid the
ugly mess of a data decimal error in the highly unlikely event it does
happen?

Second question:  is there anyway that I can eval a non iSeries record 
into
an externally described data structure if there are  L type fields in the
data structure?
 
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