As Packed veriable store 2 digits in 1 byte and ZONE
variable store 1 digit in 1 byte...
Please tell me when we have to use Packed and Zone
variable...?



As Packed veriable store 2 digits in 1 byte and ZONE variable store 1 digit in 1 byte... Please ..

Answer / ld123q44

Always used packed for a numeric field unless that field
will be subject to formatting(like the Social Security
Number) or exported or used by a another computer system
whose native data storage is not EBCDIC.

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