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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Tim Cummings
[mailto:tim.cummings@frequencymarketing.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December
12, 2005 3:17 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Cognos Powerhouse List
(E-mail)<BR><B>Subject:</B> CHECKSUM function in PowerHouse<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875540720-12122005>Is the formula for
the CHECKSUM function published anywhere?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=875540720-12122005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875540720-12122005>I want to create a
Cobol program to do some work on a dataset. The dataset has a field that
was populated in a QTP program that contains the results of a CHECKSUM. I
want the Cobol program to read some source data from a flat file, calculate a
checksum for the same fields and compare the results to the checksum stored in
the dataset. If they are different, It will trigger a series of updates to
happen in the Cobol program.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=875540720-12122005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875540720-12122005>If the formula is
not published, is there a way to call the PH function?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Timothy J Cummings</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Milford, Ohio 45150</FONT> <BR><U><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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href="mailto:Tim.Cummings@Frequencymarketing.Com">mailto:Tim.Cummings@Frequencymarketing.Com</A>></FONT></U>
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