RE: Is this the University of Midrange.com? (was Re: Comp in DDS)

I wanted to code against a blank, but when a blank is entered, you get the Comp 
GE A message. It may seem extremely trivial I agree. But my leader questions 
every I mean every 'extra' line of code as if it were coming out their personal 
pocket.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Liotta [mailto:qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 3:12 PM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Is this the University of Midrange.com? (was Re: Comp in DDS)
> 
> rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >   2. Re: Is this the University of Midrange.com? (was Re: Comp in
> >      DDS) (simafrog)
> >
> >I am completely entitled to ask whatever I want to on this mailing list as it
> pertains to the RPG language.
> 
> Of course, since the question pertains to DDS and not RPG, there's confusion
> on both sides.
> 
> 
> >If you try to do COMP GT 'A' in DDS and then try to enter a blank you will
> get the message that the 'Value must be greater than A'.
> 
> The other confusion is that this is exactly what's supposed to happen because
> *blank is not greater than 'A'. You coded COMP GT 'A' and then tried to enter
> something less than 'A' and got the message.
> 
> The message is telling you that you're not supposed to enter something less
> than 'A', such as a *blank. It's telling you it has to be greater than 'A'.
> Since it's working exactly as it's supposed to work, nobody can figure out
> what question you're asking.
> 
> It seems that you might be asking how to code DDS to allow either characters
> greater than 'A' or a *blank. Is that what you want?
> 
> Tom Liotta
> 
> 
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