Re: Informix 4GL SMALLINT variables

From: "Richard harnden" <harndr@russelleurope.com> > >No. > >For p-code versions then they get initialized to null ( I think ). >For compiled versions they don't get initialized at all.. Half-right, and I was half-wrong. For p-code, numerics get initialised to 0, strings get initialised to " ". For compiled C, nothing gets initialised -- you just get what was in that memory location. It all comes back to me now, like a bad meal. This is why I hated porting from RDS to C. You discovered all the short-cuts you'd taken... :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com