Re: Inserting blanks from a PROCOBOL program

2003-06-19 Thread Kirtikumar Deshpande
Can't he use a working storage variable that is defined with value space? Else try inserting ASCII value for a blank. - Kirti --- "Schauss, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a programmer who wants to insert blanks from a PIC X host variable > into a not null CHAR column > from a COBOL

Inserting blanks from a PROCOBOL program

2003-06-19 Thread Schauss, Peter
I have a programmer who wants to insert blanks from a PIC X host variable into a not null CHAR column from a COBOL program. The generated code insists on converting his blanks to a null which is, of course, rejected since the column is defined as not null. Is there a way of forcing the blanks to