Re: Writing a Date field to an externally described file

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another thought - if your file is externally-described, why are you 
using O-specs? I don't think you need the O-specs at all.

HTH
Vern

On 1/6/2015 12:07 PM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> Gary
>
> What is the content of line 2000004 of the compile listing - I suspect 
> it is a field in a file - maybe the 2nd file of your F-specs.
>
> Vern
>
> On 1/6/2015 10:39 AM, Gary Kuznitz wrote:
> > I have a Date field described in a program as:
> >   D DTEOFHIRE       S               D   INZ DatFmt(*USA)
> >
> > In the compile it shows it created as:
> >   DTEOFHIRE         D(10*USA/)
> >
> > In the output it is described as:
> >   O                       DTEOFHIRE     D
> > NOTE: I've tried it with and without the edit code of D
> >   In the externally described file it is:
> >   A            DTEOFHIRE       L         TEXT('Employment Date')
> >   A                                      COLHDG('Employment' +
> >   A                                             'Date' )
> >   When I compile the program I get this error:
> >   *RNF7606 20       2000004  The Data-Format entry is A or N but 
> > field DTEOFHIRE is
> > not of type character or indicator.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
> >
> > Running V5R3
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Gary