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saidharrao
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Hi,
In IMS database definition a field is defined as TYPE=X, hence I have defined the type of the corresponding field in IO-area copybook as
03 A PIC 9(08) comp (might be wrong but was working when used a client supplied routine. But for invalid dates the routine returns hex zeroes whereas I want the date to be packed). I want to know how the packing and unpacking has to be done in the following process.
Process 1: Read the field from IMS - Convert into display format - display on the screen
Process 2: Receive from screen - pack it - save in the database.
Can you please advise me how can it be done. Please note that, there are more than 1000 copybooks which has this definition and hence cannot change the copybook definition. We have to use 'some intermediatory' process only.
The ultimate field type should be 9(08) COMP. |
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Craq Giegerich
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| PIC 9(8) COMP is not packed, COMP-3 would be packed. |
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saidharrao
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Hi,
Sorry for the duplicate posts. I couldn't find the previous post and hence reposted with more details. I wonder if it is possible to delete one with less info.
I know Comp-3 is packed decimal and Comp is binary. But as I explained.I am using a COMP field to retrieve the data from IMSDB which is hexa decimal. Though the type is COMP, the actual data will be in USP (Unsigned Packed decimal). I tried moving that directly to display field and didn't work. |
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Bill O'Boyle
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As an example, suppose the IMSDB data is 4-bytes "Packed-Nosign", which is equal to X'01020304' and could be regarded as BCD (Binary Coded Decimal).
If you need to address this data as Packed-Decimal (COMP-3) and retain the original value, try the following -
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03 WS-IMSDB-PACKED-NOSIGN PIC X(04) VALUE X'01020304'.
03 WS-PACKED-X PIC X(05).
03 WS-PACKED-V9 REDEFINES WS-PACKED-X PIC 9(08)V9 COMP-3.
03 WS-IMSDB-PACKED-RESULT PIC 9(09) COMP-3.
MOVE WS-IMSDB-PACKED-NOSIGN TO WS-PACKED-X (1:4).
MOVE X'0F' TO WS-PACKED-X (5:).
MOVE WS-PACKED-V9 TO WS-IMSDB-PACKED-RESULT.
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The result in WS-IMSDB-PACKED-RESULT will be X'001020304F', which is in Packed-Unsigned (Neutral) format.
If you had moved this original IMSDB data to a Binary-Fullword and then converted this value to Decimal, the Signed Packed-Decimal result would have been P'16909060', which would have been meaningless.
Going back many years ago, NCR COBOL once had a format named COMP-6, which was truly "Packed-Nosign", but IBM COBOL never had such a format.
HTH....
Regards,
Bill |
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saidharrao
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Hi,
I have used similar concept and able to do that but using COMP.
Many Thanks. |
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