Kbase P9342: What is the difference between packed decimal and packed decimal (even digits) data types?
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
3/11/2003 |
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Status: Unverified
GOAL:
What is the difference between packed decimal and packed decimal (even digits) data types?
FACT(s) (Environment):
IBM AS/400 (RISC)
Progress/400 DataServer
FIX:
The packed decimal data type is labeled packed decimal (odd) or packed decimal (even digits) depending on whether the field contains an odd or even number of digits, respectively. Both data types are mapped to Progress decimal type.