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WebFOCUS 7.6 Windows, All Outputs
April 23, 2012, 12:48 PM
<JG>
you could read the documentation and it will tell you.
However SAVE is ALPHA SAVB is Binary.
Binary means you cannot read the numbers.
April 23, 2012, 12:48 PM
j.gross
Save converts numeric fields to character strings, so the output is purely "printable".
Savb holds them in internal formt (which is Binary in the case of I-format; hence the B).
April 23, 2012, 12:49 PM
j.gross
Two jg's for the price of one
April 23, 2012, 05:42 PM
Waz
Twins ?
Waz...
Prod:
WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04
Upgrade:
WebFOCUS 8.2.07
OS:
Linux
Outputs:
HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
In Focus since 1984
Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!
April 25, 2012, 12:41 PM
jgelona
The other thing to keep in mind when holding or saving binary data is that the length of alpha fields is rounded up to the next 4 byte boundry. For example, in field with a length of A1 will show A1 as the USAGE format but will be A4 in the ACTUAL format.
In FOCUS since 1985. Prod WF 8.0.08 (z90/Suse Linux) DB (Oracle 11g), Self Serv, Report Caster, WebServer Intel/Linux.
April 25, 2012, 01:03 PM
j.gross
Triplets
April 25, 2012, 01:04 PM
j.gross
And SAVE can result in overflow (asterisks in place of a numeric value)
