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mask-of-zorro
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 Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:20 am Post subject: COMP-3 field in Browse mode |
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Hello Everyone,
Pardon me if this question sounds silly.I have a COMP-3 field in my output file having the value zeros.When i open this dataset in VIEW mode i see it as spaces but when i open it in BROWSE mode the nulls are being shown as dots. Can anyone explain this ? Why is it different in view and browse mode?
Sorry, if i had posted this question in a wrong column as i dont know how to classify this.
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Phantom
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:31 am Post subject: |
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Mask-of-Zorro.
What you see in View mode are not spaces and whatever you see in browse mode are not dots either. Those are hidden characters and appear like dots in browse mode and empty spaces in Edit/View mode - but you cannot edit them directly (Edit/View).
To identify these hidden characters, use the following command
If this returns a non-zero count, then you have some Comp-3 variables / junks in your dataset, otherwise you have just spaces.
To see the actual content / Edit it - you need to use HEX ON - and read the values up-and-down. For updating the values, you need to change the hex values and not the actual data line.
For example: date (2006-04-10) in packed format is stored as (020060410c) - See below.
[code:1:608ea1184c]
=COLS> ----+----1----+
000110 -
Last edited by Phantom on Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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semigeezer
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:51 am Post subject: |
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| See also the DISPLAY command in browse |
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