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Difference between comp and comp4

Postby Nazma » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:10 pm

Hi,

Can anyone explain me what is the difference between comp and comp4.

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Re: Difference between comp and comp4

Postby swd » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:35 pm

To my knowledge there is no difference, they are both binary fields. You can specify BINARY, COMP or COMP-4, but they are all the same. At least this is my understanding. I use COMP in any code I write, but I have seen BINARY and COMP-4 used.
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Re: Difference between comp and comp4

Postby dick scherrer » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:31 am

Hello,

Please see if this clarifies:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 5.3.12.3.2?
Hope this helps,
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Re: Difference between comp and comp4

Postby Anuj Dhawan » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:19 pm

Both are equivalent of BINARY.
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