Re: %dec / target for a numeric operation is too small

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kirk,

As I see it, your 4:2 spec is too small for the 0.1258 value (at least
5:4)...

HTH,

Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
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On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Kirk Yates <kirk.yates@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Field wrkscore may have a value like 1 or 10.25 or .1258
>
>  d wrkscore        s              5a
>  d testscore       s             15s 4
>
>        testscore = %dec(wrkscore:4:2);
>
>
> The target for a numeric operation is too small to hold the result (C G D
>  F).
>  Reply . . .
>
>
> I've adjusted the field sizes trying to get this to work and still get
> the same error.  Any suggestions?
>
> Thank you.
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> Kirk Yates
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