RE: Journal API Troubleshooting

[CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Buck Wrote:

Look at the FAQ at http://faq.midrange.com <http://faq.midrange.com>
Search for something like
'What does binary mean'
  --buck

 

Umm, I have no problem understanding binary, and how it relates to base16
and Base10 number systems.  Bin(4) - that would be a binary-coded number, 32
bits in length, which is decoded as follows:

 

The first bit has an assigned value of 0 or 1

The 2nd bit has an assigned value of 0 or 2

Etc...

 

You add up the assigned values of the bits turned on, and voila!  You have
the value represented by a binary coded number.  What I am not sure of is
where the negative sign bit is placed

 

What I was referring to as 'difficult to decipher', was the structure of the
API parameter descriptions.  It would be nice if IBM had taken a bit of
extra time and showed, on one page, the structure for using each of the key
types in their document.  Having to expand CHAR(*) types, based on turning
the page a few times, only to find another CHAR(*) type, which in turn you
have to go to another page, was time consuming.  

 

 

 

Tony Carolla

MedAmerica Billing Services, Inc.