Comments on: CGI Program Problem – Data Decimal Error http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/cgi-program-problem-data-decimal-error/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:19:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: splat http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/cgi-program-problem-data-decimal-error/#comment-75659 splat Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:53:52 +0000 #comment-75659 Check to see if you have any data structures with packed data that isn’t being initialised before it’s being accessed. I’ve been bit by that more than once.

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/cgi-program-problem-data-decimal-error/#comment-75589 tomliotta Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:30:35 +0000 #comment-75589 FIXNBR(*ZONED) or FIXNBR(*INPUTPACKED)

That seems to be one excellent possibility. However, if that actually “fixes” the problem, I have to suggest that the problem isn’t fixed — it is merely being handled silently.

At some point, the reason that the values are being handled that way should be determined. Perhaps a parameter definition isn’t quite correct. Perhaps a return value from one of the APIs isn’t defined appropriately. Perhaps a number of possibilities are being masked and one of them will eventually cause some unexpected incorrect action to be taken by the programming.

Tom

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