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You can always use the TESTB operation code. You just have to go back to the classic RPG notation to use it.



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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 10:55 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: determine value of each bit in a character field

just for clarification, this is the definition of the 1 byte field I need values for bits 1, 5, 6, 7

D QDBBITS06 1 1
D* QDBFRDEL 1 BIT
D* Reuse Deleted Records
D* (REUSEDLT)
D* 0 = The deleted record space
D* in the file's members is
D* NOT used again by the
D* system on Write (Insert)
D* requests to the file's
D* members (*NO).
D* 1 = The deleted record space
D* in the file's members is
D* used again by the system
D* on Write (Insert)
D* requests to the file's
D* members (*YES).
D* QDBRSV30 3 BITS
D* Reserved.
D* QDBFSQLT 1 BIT
D* SQL Table Indicator
D* 0 = The file is NOT an SQL
D* table.
D* 1 = The file is an SQL table.
D* QDBFMQT 1 BIT
D* SQL Materialized Query Table
D* Indicator
D* 0 = The file is not an MQT.
D* 1 = The file is an MQT.
D* QDBFSQPT 1 BIT
D* SQL Partitioned Table
D* Indicator
D* 0 = The file is not an SQL
D* Partitioned Table.
D* 1 = The file is an SQL
D* Partitioned Table.
D* QDBRSV31 1 BIT
D* Reserved.



On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Jim Franz <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Am working with api QDBRTVFD.
If a 1 byte field has 8 bits, how do I determine the value of each bit?
(decades of RPGxx I've never been comfortable with bits)

Thanks,
Jim

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