OPNQRY -Reply

Joe M. wrote

> How do you specify a numeric selection? 

  <snip>

> 700    DCL    VAR(&SEL_OHQ) TYPE(*DEC) LEN(70) VALUE(1000)  
> 800
> 900    CHGVAR   VAR(&WRK_QRYSLT) VALUE(+ 
> 1000                   'BFPART *GT ' *BCAT '''' *CAT &SEL_PRT *CAT '''' +
> 1100                             *BCAT '*AND' *BCAT+
> 1200                           'I$UTMS = ' *BCAT '''' *CAT &SEL_UOM *CAT '''' 
> +
> 1300                             *BCAT '*AND' *BCAT +
> 1400                           'QTYOH = ' *BCAT '''' *CAT &SEL_OHQ *CAT  
>'''') 
> * CPD0712 30  Operand  does not have valid type for operator.
> * CPD0711 30  Operands in expression not same type.                          
        
I believe the CL compiler is simply saying you can not concantenate a
numeric value (&SEL_OHQ) onto a string - concantentation only works
on string (OK, *CHAR) variables.  Changing the declaration for
&SEL_OHQ as follows should let you build your select string

DCL VAR(&SEL_OHQ) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(7) VALUE('0001000')  

Alternatively, you could declare &WRK_QRYSLT with an initial value of
the entire select string using dummy place holders for the variant parts. 
Then use CHGVAR in conjunction with the %SST function to insert the
appropriate values into the select string, like so

DCL        VAR(&WRK_QRYSLT) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(512) +               
               VALUE('BFPART *GT XXXXXXXXXX *AND I$UTMS = XX +
                            *AND QTYOH = XXXXXXX')

CHGVAR VAR(%SST(&WRK_QRYSLT 12 10) VALUE(&SEL_PRT)
CHGVAR VAR(%SST(&WRK_QRYSLT 37 2) VALUE(&SEL_UOM)
CHGVAR VAR(%SST(&WRK_QRYSLT 53 7) VALUE(&SEL_OHQ)

CHGVAR handles the conversion from numeric to string value for you. 
Of course, you end up counting characters this way, especially if the
fields in the select criteria change, but I find the code more readable
'cause I can see the entire select string "as is" instead of trying to
visualize the result of a lots of *CAT's and whatnot

HTH

Scott
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