Re: blanks between numbers filled with zeros -- RPG400-L

I think it's a reasonableness thing. Should a field ever pass in a very
high value? Maybe, but you could always use RANGE to determine if it's over
some reasonable value, and then prompt with an 'Are you sure?'.

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Darren Strong <darren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That's not a bad concept, but I'd rather not say that a field designed for
a certain size should never be allowed to utilize its size, however, it
might be a last ditch solution to the problem.

From: Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"
<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/04/2016 03:10 PM
Subject: Re: blanks between numbers filled with zeros
Sent by: "RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

How about RANGE?

https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/rzakc/rzakcmst02.htm

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Darren Strong <darren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We have a number of screens, that display the current transaction that

will

occur, allowing users to modify the value. Sometimes they enter a number
at the left and the blanks are filled with zeros, making for a huge

number.

Is there a way to prevent this from happening at the DDS level? Ideally,

I

think I'd like the system to say, "That's not a valid number, with those
spaces there."

BEFORE:
4 32.56
3 50.00

AFTER:
4000000000032.56
3000000000050.00

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