RE: Ideas submitted: true & false for booleans & qualified ds for LOB sql types

The first two d-specs I used to code in every program were TRUE & FALSE constants.

*ON & *OFF just don't make sense in this context.

Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power


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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jon Paris
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Subject: Re: Ideas submitted: true & false for booleans & qualified ds for LOB sql types

Because we're not talking about light switches? <grin>


Jon Paris
Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Dec 19, 2025, at 5:41 PM, Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello David,

Am 19.12.2025 um 18:38 schrieb David Gibbs via RPG400-L <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Folks:

I recently submitted the following ideas to IBM for RPG...

Provide *true & *false figurative constants for indicators
https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-4755

Just for curiosity: What's wrong with *on and *off?

:wq! PoC

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