Re: INTEGER & VARCHAR() on I-specs -- RPG400-L

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I’d never have found that in a million years.

But of course the original question remains - when there is already an external definition available why would anyone want I-specs?

On Jan 14, 2016, at 4:26 PM, Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 1/14/2016 3:59 PM, Buck Calabro wrote:

I-specs don't have a separate data type for VARCHAR ...

For I specs, you put *VAR in the Date/Time Format entry.

I........................Fmt+SPFrom+To+++DcField+
I *VAR A 1 12 FLD10

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