RE: Ideas submitted: true & false for booleans & qualified ds for LOB sql types
Roger Harman <[email protected]>
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The first two d-specs I used to code in every program were TRUE & FALSE constants. *ON & *OFF just don't make sense in this context. Roger Harman COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power -----Original Message----- From: RPG400-L <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jon Paris Sent: Friday, December 19, 2025 3:30 PM To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Ideas submitted: true & false for booleans & qualified ds for LOB sql types Because we're not talking about light switches? <grin> Jon Paris [email protected] > On Dec 19, 2025, at 5:41 PM, Patrik Schindler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello David, > > Am 19.12.2025 um 18:38 schrieb David Gibbs via RPG400-L <[email protected]>: > >> Folks: >> >> I recently submitted the following ideas to IBM for RPG... >> >> Provide *true & *false figurative constants for indicators >> https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-4755 > > Just for curiosity: What's wrong with *on and *off? > > :wq! PoC > > -- > This is the RPG programming on IBM i (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: [email protected] > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at https://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > > Please contact [email protected] for any subscription related questions. > -- This is the RPG programming on IBM i (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: [email protected] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at https://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. Please contact [email protected] for any subscription related questions. -- This is the RPG programming on IBM i (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: [email protected] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at https://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. Please contact [email protected] for any subscription related questions.