Progress/400
Product Guide


Field Format Length

The Progress/400 server schema allows storing only 30 characters of field format mask. If you define a field as having 25 digits with 5 decimal positions using DDS on the AS/400 and then add the file to the Progress/400 server schema with the CHGPRODCT utility, the Progress/400 Data Dictionary Field Properties show 23 digits with 2 decimal positions, including commas and the decimal point.

To see all the digit positions, you must change the display format for the field using the Progress/400 Data Dictionary and remove the comma separators from the format to allow more room for all the digits. You can also change your code to display the proper format mask.

Even though the Progress/400 Data Dictionary Field properties sheet allows for 48 format positions, only 30 can be stored in the Progress/400 server schema.

If you exceed the 30-character limit, you receive an error message that the field has been truncated because of an overflow.


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