Comments on: how to prevent values http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-prevent-values/ Mon, 20 May 2013 05:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: charliebrowne http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-prevent-values/#comment-107511 charliebrowne Tue, 15 May 2012 13:22:11 +0000 #comment-107511 If it is a field being entered from a DSPF, they you need to add an edit in your program to check for those invalid characters..
You can then force an error an make the user correct the value.

]]> By: 9783444184 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-prevent-values/#comment-107463 9783444184 Mon, 14 May 2012 04:20:37 +0000 #comment-107463 Hi Tom,
Display field entry field….

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-prevent-values/#comment-107437 tomliotta Fri, 11 May 2012 22:54:59 +0000 #comment-107437 …in a field

What “field”? A database field? A field in the program? A display field? A Printer field?

Are those always going to be the only characters that must be prevented?

Tom

]]> By: woodengineer http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-prevent-values/#comment-107433 woodengineer Fri, 11 May 2012 15:44:05 +0000 #comment-107433 RPG supports calls to the regular expression API. It is designed to handle the situation you describe. However, unless you are familiar with regular expressions it may be a lot quicker to code up an RPG procedure.

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