Re: Packed decimal interpitation issue

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What logic are you using to convert it Jerry? Because it looks as if you have an “off by one” error in the conversion. First character is a space - hence the error.


Jon Paris

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On Apr 22, 2015, at 9:34 AM, (WalzCraft) Jerry Forss <JForss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a pgm that takes any IBMi file and will create an excel. Been working for a long time.
>
> One of the controllers was using it and got a decimal data error.
> I ran it in debug and found the following.
>
> The field is Packed 5,0. Looks bad to me. The number is -1249.
> [cid:image001.png@01D07CD6.904EBFF0]
>
> When I look at the record in qry it displays correctly.  When I use WRKDBF is displays correctly.
> When I change it via WRKDBF it puts it in like that.
>
> There is another record in the same file that has a -1249. Looks correct.
> [cid:image002.png@01D07CD7.2A88B6C0]
>
> What the he.........ck?
>
> The system understands what it is.  My pgm that takes the raw line, parses it and makes it a number does not like it.
>
>
>
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