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Oh, agreed, absolutely! I thought the original example mentioned something like "for display or printing purposes", so I assumed it was for output only. If it's going to be used for input, then all bets are off (and I'd want to start by understanding the business case for only allowing the user access to part of the field in that case). RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >The only problem with that I see is that if a future programmer tries to >use the longer of the two fields (for example, use the shorter field as >input to populate the longer field) then you could end up with data in >the >last 5 chars that is left over from a previous operation. > >Ron Power Mike Naughton Senior Programmer/Analyst Judd Wire, Inc. 124 Turnpike Road Turners Falls, MA 01376 413-863-4357 x444 mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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