Record number field size

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting GCC Consulting <gcc at optonline.net>:

> I am sure that many of us use a dummy field or long variable to hold
> record numbers for lookups.
>
> rn(8,.0)
>
> Now if there is a possibility of the record number field size being
> increased by even 1 value, short of defining an edit "recno", would
> the following work?
>
> Rn(len(@rn),edit(@rn))
>
> In other words can system field edit values be used in casting dummy or
> long variables?

What happened when you tried it?

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