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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> Sent by: rpg400-l-bounces+rob=dekko.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx 07/23/2003 01:14 PM Please respond to RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: Fax to: Subject: Data structure and data decimal error 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? --------------------------------------------------------- Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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