MCH1202 decimal data error - help

[michal2442]

Hi I have problem, with I can't manage right now.

Before change everything worked fine.
I changed length of field using CHGPF, field ACTVAL(13 0) to ACTVAL(23 0).

In my program I have field PACKID (9 0) which gets result of function : PACKID = getnumber('xxx'); ----> this function returns ACTVAL (23 0), ealier it was 13 0 and worked fine.
After that call i have error MCH1202 Decimal data error. I dont know whats going on, I checked everything.

[tomliotta]

Re: MCH1202 decimal data error - help

I dont know whats going on, I checked everything.

Somewhere in your program, you have a variable that declared memory as holding decimal data. And somewhere else in your program, you have something that puts a value into that area; but the bit pattern desn't match what the decimal data declaration expects. Either the operation that tries to put the data there or an operation that tries to use it fails because of the mismatched bit pattern.

That's about all anyone can say until you show us all of the relevant definitions and any code that populates that memory and the code that fails.

[tomliotta]

Re: MCH1202 decimal data error - help

I dont know whats going on, I checked everything.

Somewhere in your program, you have a variable that declared memory as holding decimal data. And somewhere else in your program, you have something that puts a value into that area; but the bit pattern desn't match what the decimal data declaration expects. Either the operation that tries to put the data there or an operation that tries to use it fails because of the mismatched bit pattern.

That's about all anyone can say until you show us all of the relevant definitions and any code that populates that memory and the code that fails.

[GLS400]

Re: MCH1202 decimal data error - help

It sounds like you didn't change the "function" to process (23 0) so it is returning (13 0) plus spaces.

best of luck
gls