Invalid Database Data

Restriction: This topic applies only when a Database Connectors license has been installed via the Micro Focus License Management System.

When Database Connectors receives a null field from the database, it translates it to COBOL as follows:

Numbers (including dates):     zero
Text (including binary): spaces

For additional information about the handling of invalid dates, see the DATE XFD directive.

Parent topic: Invalid Data
Related information
4GL_ILLEGAL_DATA configuration variable
DATE XFD directive