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**SETNONULL(**//field//**)**

**SETNONULL(**//file, field//**)**

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| **SETNONULL** | Assigns non-null value (blank or zero) to a //field//. |
| //field// | The label (including prefix) of a field in a FILE structure. This may be a GROUP or RECORD structure. |
| //file// | The label of a FILE. |

The **SETNONULL** statement assigns a non-null value (blank or zero) to a //field// in a FILE structure. If the //field// is a GROUP or RECORD structure, all component fields are set non-null. Support for null "values" in a FILE is entirely dependent upon the file driver.

You can now pass a file as the first parameter to **SETNONULL**. This allows you to pass references to fields (see the example below).

**Return Data Type:     **LONG

**Example:**

**Customer  FILE,DRIVER('Clarion'),PRE(Cus)             !Declare customer file layout**

**AcctKey    KEY(Cus:AcctNumber)**

**Record      RECORD**

**AcctNumber    LONG**

**OrderNumber   LONG**

**Name          STRING(20)**

**Addr          STRING(20)**

**            END**

**          END**

**Header    FILE,DRIVER('Clarion'),PRE(Hea)             !Declare header file layout**

**AcctKey    KEY(Hea:AcctNumber)**

**OrderKey   KEY(Hea:OrderNumber)**

**Record     RECORD**

**AcctNumber   LONG**

**OrderNumber  LONG**

**ShipToName   STRING(20)**

**ShipToAddr   STRING(20)**

**           END**

**          END**

** CODE**

** OPEN(Header)**

** OPEN(Customer)**

** SET(Hea:AcctKey)**

** LOOP**

**  NEXT(Header)**

**   IF ERRORCODE()**

**    BREAK**

**   END**

**  Cus:AcctNumber = Hea:AcctNumber**

**  GET(Customer,Cus:AcctKey)                             !Get Customer record**

**  IF ERRORCODE()**

**   CLEAR(Cus:Record)**

**  END**

**  IF NULL(Hea:ShipToName) OR Hea:ShipToName = Cus:Name  !Check same ship-to address**

**   Hea:ShipToName = 'Same as Customer Address'          !flag the record**

**   ****SETNONULL****(Hea:ShipToAddr)                            !and blank out ship-to address**

**   ****SETNONULL****(Hea:ShipToCSZ)**

**  END**

**  PUT(Header)                                           !Put Header record back**

** END**

**!Example Two ' Use of file parameter**

**SwapNullState PROCEDURE(File F, ANY var)**

**  CODE**

**    IF ****NULL****(f, var)**

**     ****SETNONULL****(f, var)**

**    ELSE**

**     ****SETNULL****(f, var)**

**    END**

**See Also:**

[[null  return null file field .htm|NULL]]

[[setnull  set file field null .htm|SETNULL]]

[[setnulls set the null state of columns .htm|SETNULLS]]

[[getnulls get the null state of a table .htm|GETNULLS]]