Re: Data Area Problem

["Carel Teijgeler" <coteijgeler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Terri,

Make the programme variable (FshDte) packed as decimal data areas are
packed,

With regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 24-11-2009 at 11:39 THarteau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>        I am storing the last date the program was run in a data area. 
> This then becomes the beginning date the next time.  I have done this a
number of times and never had a problem. Now I keep getting the error:  
> RNF5262E Factor 2 operand has data type that is not allowed for this
operation.  The help text just says factor 2 is not the correct data type. 
> This is probably just something I am not seeing, can someone else spot the
problem?
> This is the data area:
> Data area . . . . . . . :   FSHDTE 
>  Library . . . . . . . :     V64BPCSPGM 
> Type  . . . . . . . . . :   *DEC 
> Length  . . . . . . . . :   8 0 
> Text  . . . . . . . . . :   Last Date Fishmouth Report Run-BOM299 
> Value . . . . . . . . . :   20091115 
>
> And here is the code bits:
>     D FshDte          S              8  0 INZ(0) 
>     C     *DTAARA      DEFINE  FSHDTE        FshDte
>     C     *LOCK                IN              FshDte                   
> 93 
> The error is on the DEFINE line.  The indicator is in the low position. 
> There is an OUT command later that puts todays date in the dataarea. I am
on V5R4.