Problem with S9(18) Comp field

abhay pratap singh · New User Joined: 22 Nov 2007 Posts: 77 Location: noida

I have defined a field with S9(18) Comp field in which data is stored as X'01B69B4BA630F34E' which in decimal has value 123,456,789,012,345,678 but when I am doing a edited display using edit pattern BZZZZ,ZZZ,ZZZ,ZZZ,ZZZ,ZZZ its truncating 2 rightmost bytes and displaying 1,234,567,890,123,456.

Am I doing something wrong here? Please help me in this.

Pandora-Box · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:40 am

Can you paste the code and its output using code tags??

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:52 pm

did You try with ARITH(EXTENDED) ?
when working with borderline values it is better to be safe than sorry

Bill Woodger · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:27 pm

enrico, it is even over the border.

abhay pratap singh,

You have specified 19 digit positions in your edited field. To do that you should compile with ARITH(EXTEND). However, if that was a mistake, chop the leading Z entirely or make it into a second B.