Re: Base64 Decoding Invalid Character Error

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's what I thought too, but I don't see anything defined that big.  The
base64_decode function uses pointers.

On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 5:14 PM Don Brown via RPG400-L <
rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I’m not near my laptop but 65536 sounds tooo much like exceeding a 65535
> defined variable to me.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 10 Dec 2022, at 09:29, Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I have a customer using Scotts Base64 decoding stuff and I told him I'd
> ask
> > his question for him.
> >
> > He's getting the following error decoding data that is pretty big:
> >
> > CPF9897 Escape 40 12/09/22 16:07:30.792369 BASE64R4 MGFOBJ *STMT TM008
> > MPLIB *STMT
> > From module . . . . . . . . : BASE64R4
> > From procedure . . . . . . : INVALIDCHAR
> > Statement . . . . . . . . . : 471
> > To module . . . . . . . . . : TM008
> > To procedure . . . . . . . : _QRNP_PEP_TM008
> > Statement . . . . . . . . . : *N
> > Message . . . . : Unable to decode character at position 65536.
> (Char=x'40')
> > Cause . . . . . : No additional online help information is available.
> >
> > I thought at first it was because the field was over 65535.  But then I
> saw
> > the character in question is a space (x'40)?
> >
> > The field is defined as 500000 char ccsid(1208).
> >
> > Is there a limit on this base64_decode function?  It uses pointers and I
> > can't find anything else in there that is defined as 65335 bytes.
> >
> > Bradley V. Stone
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