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On 15-May-09, at 7:53 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Interesting thing to me is why the compiler even allows it. It
should throw
it out as an error because you are comparing an alpha field to a
zero (A
numeric field).
Not so. The compiler will - and should - allow it.
*Zeros is _not_ a numeric - it is a figurative constant. By
definition that takes on the data type of the field against which it
is used - in this case a character field. So in this case *Zeros is a
string of character zeros.
Had the comparison been against a numeric zero e.g If charField > 0;
then the compiler would have correctly diagnosed it as an error.
Jon Paris
www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
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