Re: [EXTERNAL] Packed field with Blanks in it... how?

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

These are all new records in a file.  I can find the record and see the
value is Zeros.  Even in hex.  That's why I'm befuddled... just trying to
help a customer out.. something I've not seen.

The other issue is that on the crash the line number of the program it
reports is something like 263943 and there are only a couple hundred lines
in the program.  No where near what the system is reporting as the line
number for the error.  So that may be a clue.

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 8:26 AM Alan Shore via RPG400-L <
rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Brad
> Was this field a recent change?
> I am assuming that the file is not journaled, if it is - see what the
> journals have to say
> Usually - this happens when a program that writes the record has not been
> changed for this field
>
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Packed field with Blanks in it... how?
>
> I am helping a customer with a random problem where a field from a file
> (packed 16,0) is getting filled with blanks.
>
> On a dump we see hex 04040404040.... in it. And of course it's throwing a
> data decimal error.
>
> I tried to look in the program for something obvious, but it's an old
> monolith of a program with weird columnar RPGIII code.
>
> Anyhow, in what instances would a field read from a file (or even an
> unsuccessful read) that is defined as packed get blanks in it? The field
> is not manipulated in any way that I can see.
>
> If reads and no record, it should be zero. If it reads and gets a record,
> it should be the value from the file (in this case, confirmed to be zero..
> and even hex value shows 000000000000000F.
>
> Just grasping at straws I guess. I've not seen this unless there is an
> overlaying DS on a numeric field that gets set to blanks for some reason.
>
> Bradley V. Stone
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