Re: definintion of signed integer?

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have to disagree with the idea that integer's are not a "business" format....

Perhaps the case could be made for unsigned integer's; they are more
of a "logical" construct. In fact, you may notice that there's no way
to define an unsigned integer column in a DB table.  Nor is there a
%uint() BIF (and I don't think %uns() fits the bill)

Charles

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Then use the business language formats. That's what decimal (packed, zoned)
> is all about...business math.
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Koester, Michael <mkoester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Thanks Charles and Alan.
> > I found that the unsigned PositiveValue was indeed causing issues.
> >  Changing PositiveValue to 3i  0 (option 1)
> > Alleviated the problem.  Leaving PositiveValue at 3u  0 and using the
> > assignment " NegativeValue = %int(PositiveValue) - 21;"  (2a)
> > still threw MCH1216, even with the values in the original example.   Hmmm.
> >
> > (You'd think a business language should be a bit more forgiving in basic
> > math functionality, but my expectations are often unrealistic)