This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1686C.3BC111F0 Content-Type: text/plain Hi Leonard, I found the extract below in the pdl section of PHBooks Acrobat file which is downloadable from the Cognos Web site at URL http://support.cognos.com/supported/support/support_library/powerhouse/ph8do c.html along with lots of other documentation, its about five places up from the bottom of the list. [DEFAULT] [ITEM] DATATYPE type [SIZE n] Specifies the default item datatype, size, and number of occurrences. DEFAULT and ITEM are for documentation only. The values specified here are used if these attributes are not specified in the ITEM statement. If nothing is specified here or in the ITEM statement, PowerHouse provides defaults based on the element type and size. -----Original Message----- From: Leonard_Berkowitz@harvardpilgrim.org [mailto:Leonard_Berkowitz@harvardpilgrim.org] Sent: 08 November 2001 15:22 To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu Subject: PDL DATATYPE question Is there any practical difference between having the DATATYPE option on the ELEMENT and having it on the ITEM statements? Can a DATATYPE option on the ITEM override one on the corresponding element? =================== Leonard S. Berkowitz Perot Health Care Systems (Harvard Pilgrim Health Care account) voice: 617-509-1212 fax: 617-509-3737 pager: 781-226-2431 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Mailing list: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu Subscribe: "subscribe" in message body to powerh-l-request@lists.swau.edu Unsubscribe: "unsubscribe" in message body to powerh-l-request@lists.swau.edu http://lists.swau.edu/mailman/listinfo/powerh-l This list is closed, thus to post to the list you must be a subscriber. This message may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you have received this e-mail in error or are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, disseminate or distribute it; do not open any attachments, delete it immediately from your system and notify the sender promptly by e-mail that you have done so. Thank you. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1686C.3BC111F0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">RE: PDL DATATYPE question Hi Leonard,
I found the extract below in the pdl section of = PHBooks Acrobat file which is downloadable from the Cognos Web site at = URL http://support.cognos.com/supported/support/support_li= brary/powerhouse/ph8doc.html along with lots of other = documentation, its about five places up from the bottom of the = list.
[DEFAULT] [ITEM] DATATYPE type [SIZE n]
Specifies the default item datatype, size, and = number of occurrences.
DEFAULT and ITEM are for documentation only.The values specified here are used if these = attributes are not specified in the ITEM statement. If nothing is = specified here or in the ITEM statement, PowerHouse provides defaults = based on the element type and size.
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From: Leonard_Berkowitz@harvardpilgrim.org
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Sent: 08 November 2001 15:22
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: PDL DATATYPE question
Is there any practical difference between having the = DATATYPE option on the
ELEMENT and having it on the ITEM statements?Can a DATATYPE option on the ITEM override one on the = corresponding
element?
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Leonard S. Berkowitz
Perot Health Care Systems
(Harvard Pilgrim Health Care account)
voice: 617-509-1212
fax: 617-509-3737
pager: 781-226-2431
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