Re: Field shows as packed and zoned

[Raul Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you using the same field in a DS or in a display or printer file?  I belive 
if a DS has a compatible defintion teh compiler will use ti.
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El Wednesday 03 November 2004 03:29, Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxx escribió:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have noticed something which completely puzzles me.
> 
> We have a file, in which a certain field is defined as 2 packed with zero 
> decimals.  In all dependant logicals, the field is also 2P0, as can be 
> seen in QADBIFLD.
> 
> In one program, however - an SQLRPGLE - this field shows as 2 ZONED with 
> zero decimals.
> 
> In an other program - RPGLE - which uses the exact same file, the field 
> shows correctly as 2P0.
> 
> An additional strange thing is that in the SQLRPGLE program, when opened 
> in the outline view of WDSCi, the field isn't listed under the 'Fields' 
> tab, only the 'Files' tab.  In the other program, it's under both.
> 
> The main problem is that this field is part of a prototype for calling the 
> RPGLE program from the SQLRPGLE, so that the call doesn't work as such.  I 
> know that I can define the prototype field manually, i.e. not using 
> 'Like()', but I am curious as to why this is happening.
> 
> Has anybody experienced this behaviour, or can anyone explain why this is 
> occurring?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> Peter Colpaert
> Application Developer
> Massive - Kontich, Belgium
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