udt61 and encode()

[slestak]

Seems like ENCODE() is not straightforward.  The manual does not match howto's from rockets site circa 2005.

https://u2tc.rocketsoftware.com/developerzone/techarticles/nkesic0604/

Is there a performant simple way to encode data base64?

[slestak]

I see my error.  Even though ENCODE() is a function, the result of the function is not passed to the var in the statement.

X = ENCODE(...) does not not place output in X.  That makes no sense to me.  Does X get the value of STATUS()?

[slestak]

Well, encoding base64 is working.  Still cannot get decoding base64.


This fails on udt61 for me.

X = 'SSBMSUtFIENPRkZFRQ=='
Y = ENCODE("Base64",2,X,1,OUT,1)
PRINT OUT
PRINT STATUS()

[precisonline]

Fails... how?