problem with open dataset for output

[Former Member]

i have a problem with transfer a field-type decimal into a file :

" In statement "TRANSFER f TO ...", only character-type data objects are supported at argument position "f". In this case, operand "f" has the non character-type type "P LENGTH 6 DECIMALS 2".

[FredericGirod]

You cannot transfer something else than character type data. Just open a notepad and check the content of a flat file containing amount or quantity. It is a character representation of a number, not a number.

So, just try to use statement like WRITE my_amount TO my_char_amount. and transfert the my_char_amount

[Sandra_Rossi]

A "field-type decimal" may be a number which is neither a currency amount, nor a quantity.

If it's an amount, CURRENCY is to be used, to avoid issues of division by 100 and related issues (if amount is JPY instead of EUR for instance) :

WRITE my_amount CURRENCY currency_key TO my_char_amount.

[Former Member]

thanks, but now when i doing read dataset file into my structure, not work because the field is a number, this is error:

In statement "READ DATASET ... INTO f", only character-type data objects are supported at argument position "f". In the present case, operand "f" has the non character-type type "my_structure". The current program is a Unicode program. In Unicode, type X or structures that do not just contain character-type components are regarded as non-numeric.

[Former Member]

the field is type CURR