Re: if binaryfld = -1 error.

Where does it say "Binary(2)" in that text?

So, it's NOT that the OP misinterpreted

> "Binary(2)", it's that the "B"

data type is the wrong tool for the job.

My trigger null map definitions look akin to this:
 * We can't tell how many fields are in the file;
 * to avoid hard-coding the number, set up an arbitrarily large
 * array to hold the null map.  Remember that you can only
 * trust the array up to the null map length!!!
d OldNulImg       ds         32766    Based(POldNul)
d  OldNulMap                     1a   dim(%size(OldNulImg))
d NewNulImg       ds         32766    Based(PNewNul)
d  NewNulMap                     1a   dim(%size(NewNulImg))

  --buck