Re: definintion of signed integer?

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)