Re: How do I retrieve the RRN of a PF or LF in a RPG program. -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: How do I retrieve the RRN of a PF or LF in a RPG program.
From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:33:33 -0700
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On 8/25/20 2:24 PM, Bruce Vining wrote:

Oh please, don't use the B data type, you (unless something in RPG has
changed) just made a mess of the RRN. Int is how IBM defines it and is how
the program should treat it.

Quite. As I recall, a "B" is only binary in a record within a file. Shocked my <E. asinius> across the room, the first time I got bit by that little "gotcha." What WERE they THINKING?

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JHHL

Follow-Ups:

Re: How do I retrieve the RRN of a PF or LF in a RPG program. , Bruce Vining
Re: How do I retrieve the RRN of a PF or LF in a RPG program. , Jon Paris

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