Cobol table definiton error for PIC 9(20).

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sravanthi
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Cobol table definiton error for PIC 9(20).

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Hi,

We have a cobol file defintion with column having PIC 9(20).When i try to import this definiton it is showing an error:

PIC Numeric is too long (number of precision and scale is allowed up to 18)

Please advice!
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The largest integer supported (BigInt) has 18 digits. You will need to read this field as X(20).
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