RE: externaly described data area

Actually, the EXTNAME keyword is for the name of the externally described 
database file on which the data structure is based. The "external" data 
area name goes as the parameter of DTAARA keyword. It can be used on any 
field or data structure. Remember *NAMVAR? <g>  Same thing..



Bob Cozzi
Bob@rpgdev.net
www.rpgdev.net (for JP)


-----Original Message-----
From:   Denis Robitaille [SMTP:denisr@ivic.qc.ca]
Sent:   Monday, June 09, 1997 6:19 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: externaly described data area

Booth Martin wrote:
>
> What is the line(s) in an RPGLE program to define an externally
> defined data area?  Every combination I can think of or figure out
> gives me the *LDA data area.
>
try this:

d dataarea         e ds                  extname(dataareads) dtaara

where "dataarea" is the name of the data area and "dataareads" is the
name of the external data structure
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