Incompatible datatypes found during runtime conversion. (5729)

[jmac13]

Hi all im using open edge 10.2b..

Anyone seen this error before? im trying to track down whats causing this

Incompatible datatypes found during runtime conversion. (5729)
Use the PROGRESS functions: STRING, INTEGER, DECIMAL, DATE etc to do explicit conversion rather than allowing a runtime conversion.

 

[Marian EDU]

one thing you should look out is dynamic buffer/query operations:
- dynamic query: query-prepare:'for each table where field = <some value>')
- buffer assign: [buffer-field]:buffer-value = <some value>

used in dynamic query/assign <some value> can always be quoted (as string) and run-time conversion take place, if the value does not math the field data type you get that error

 

[jmac13]

found it! it was when the code was copying a array like this (chrPassCopy = s_h_pass) both arrays of 20 but then we the code reassigned s_h_pass it throw an error (s_h_pass = chrPassCopy). so I just did a loop instead and that seem to fix the error

 do intLoop = 1 to extent(s_h_pass):
   chrPassCopy[intLoop] =   s_h_pass[intLoop]. 
 end.

/*then when i want s_h_pass back i do the following*/

 do intLoop = 1 to extent(chrPassCopy):
   s_h_pass[intLoop] =   chrPassCopy[intLoop]. 
 end.