The program is converting the numbers for you. I believe it's taking the packed fields and converting them to signed (could be the other way around, do not remember which way).
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jmmckee flinthills.com
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Subject: KLIST question
Two externally described files. Both are keyed with two fields. One file has both fields as packed numeric. The other has signed numeric and packed numeric.
I thought the compiler would complain about the mismatch. I know it does if alphanumeric is used for numeric. But, the compiler did not complain. This applied to RPG III and RPG IV. At least not on the system I use.
First file is read and the two data fields are in the klist to read the second file.
My questions:
1) What happens when a setll/reade is performed with this mismatched field issue? No error is generated. I am wondering if some other record is returned, or if the mismatched fields are corrected internally, somehow.
2) Since the files are externally defined, shouldn't the compiler be able to diagnose the mismatch?
Thanks
John McKee
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