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


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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
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> 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
>
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