Duane,

I changed the mode to mode 5, still gives me the same
problem.  It's really strange.  IF I don't specify a
list of fields, then I get a subset of fields of the
entire record, some of which have the binary/unsigned
packed decimal data in them. If I specify a list of
fields, then I get the error.

Braun

--- Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Braun,
>
> I haven't used perl with image so what follows
> is info more based on image knowledge.
>
> 1. the 3'rd parm in a dbget is the mode.
>    A mode of 2 is a serial read and not what
>    you would do when doing a dbfind first.
>
>    in image you can retrieve records by various
>    methods depending on the dataset (table) type.
>
>    if the dataset is a detail set then you can find
>    all records with a common key value (dbfind) and
>    then do a loop of dbget calls with mode=5 to get
>    all the records. in essence you are retrieving
>    a linked list, linked by common key values.
>
>    if the dataset is a manual master you can read a
>    record by its key value. this would be a dbget
> with
>    a mode=7.
>
>    both details and masters can be read serially
> with mode=2.
>
> 2. Have you tried to change the syntax in the field
> parms to
>    be like the one thing that did work?
>
>    IOW: %record =
> DbGet($db,$dataset,2,'E-TRANS-NBR-ID,PROCE-DATE');
>
>    This will help you isolate the problem since if
> this works then
>    you know your construct for defining the field
> list is not exactly
>    correct.
>
> good luck!
>
> duane
>


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