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oveflow for type p fields

Former Member — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:17:24 GMT

Hi,

I have a requiement of deviding the packed (type p ) fields.

and moving the result into packed field.

data :pack(5) type p decimals 4 ,

a(5) type p decimals 4 value '1000.3',

b(5) type p decimals 4 value '00.5',

c(5) type p decimals 4 value '00.2457',

d(5) type p decimals 4 value '2000.765'.

pack = ( ( a / b ) / ( c / d ) ).

write : / pack.

while moving the result I am getting dump because of overflow.

resultant value field should be of type P and decimals 4.

Can anyone suggest me how to avoid dump.

Are there any exceptions that I need to handle

if u have code for this please let me know

Thanks

Re: oveflow for type p fields

Former Member — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:23:03 GMT

Hi Devi,

Declare pack as below..

As you get 16,291,129.2593 after computaion...

you change the declaration as below.

data :pack type p decimals 4.

So that pack will have value with decimals 4..

hope this solve your problem..

Any issue still revert back.

Regards

Narin Nandivada

Re: oveflow for type p fields

vinod_vemuru2 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:31:33 GMT

Hi Rama devi,

Let me wxplain why this dump came.

The calculated value here is 16,291,129.2593. We are trying to place this in field of length 5 and decimals 4. Number of digits before decimal is more than defined lenth.(5) So it is not able to place this data and can't truncate since decimals are there.

So it don't know what to do. Thats why dump.

Always remember one thing, If u r going to calculate some thing then define the length of resultant variable to the max possible extent to avoid such dumps. There is no other way.

If u declare pack variable as type c length 5 then u will get result as --1129--. Here this * indicates ur data was truncated.* In this case u can avoid dump at least. But data will be truncated.

Thanks,

Vinod.

Re: oveflow for type p fields

Former Member — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:10:01 GMT

hi,

do it in this manner

data :pack type p decimals 4 ,

a type p decimals 4 value '1000.3',

b type p decimals 4 value '00.5',

c type p decimals 4 value '00.2457',

d type p decimals 4 value '2000.765'.

pack = ( ( a / b ) / ( c / d ) ).

write : / pack.