Re: blank or 0 in database field

Is this non-as/400 programmer writing directly to the database or is he
sending data to you app and your app is updating the database? If it's a
direct update DB2/400 is going to reject the update and I don't think
there is anyway around that. Maybe putting an allow null on the field
but blank is different than null. If you have an app that gets the data
first you should define it as a 9 character field, test it for valid
numeric and the move it to the database field if it is

rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/18/2006 04:44:19 PM:

We have a PF with a field defined 9s0...

A non-as/400 application moves data to that field and according to

the

programmer, it is either 0 or blank...

Is there a way to determine in my rpg pgm whether he moved a 0 or

blank
to

that field?





Thanks,


Jay Vaughn
iSeries Senior Programmer/Analyst
RateWatch
jayv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
251-633-8929
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