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Re: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ? follow up

Debbie,

Sorry for the confusion.

I was joking with R Bruce re cobol syntax.  He pointed out that rpg dtaara
syntax was no better than cobol. I think Cl has an excellent syntax and my
ChgDtaAra remark  was referring to how simple and directly you can code such
a stmt in CL.

This is all IBM's fault<g>. If they just provided a chgdtaara api ( all
types of dtaara ), you could code an ile chgdtaara module any way you wanted
it.

Regards,

Steve Richter

-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Panco <dpanco43@ix.netcom.com>
To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Date: Monday, August 20, 2001 9:49 AM
Subject: RE: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ? follow up


>Steve,
>  What version of Cobol or Cobol 400 are you referring to that
>allows the RTVDTAARA & CHGDTAARA commands within
>the Cobol code?
>
>
>Deborah Panco
>Senior Systems Analyst / Project Leader
>United Consumer Financial Services
>dpanco43@ix.netcom.com
>440-835-6674
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]
>On Behalf Of srichter
>Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:56 PM
>To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ? follow up
>
>R. Bruce,
>
>I cant disagree with you on rpg.
>
>but
>  05 returned-packed1  pic s9(3)v9(2) packed-decimal.
>Oh brother. Type that 10 times fast.
>
>To promote peace and serenity, what about:
> RTVDTAARA DTAARA(&LIB/&NAME (5 10)) RTNVAR(&Data)
>and
> CHGDTAARA DTAARA(&LIB/&NAME (5 10)) VALUE(&DATA)
>
>Glad you posted the code though.
>
>-Steve
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@attglobal.net>
>Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:40:46 -0400
>
>>Hey, at least I don't burn 40 columns just to say :
>>
>>      C                                      IN    POOP
>>
>>and let's not forget the define statements too....
>>
>>;-)
>>
>>as for the code, they are standard DISPLAY and ACCEPT with IBM extensions.
>>Format 9 for ACCEPT and Format 5 for DISPLAY.
>>
>>Just because (as Al pointed out) the language is standardized,
>(standardised
>>for you, Jon...) does not mean that compiler developers don't have some
>>latitude in extending the language....
>>
>><TONGUE location="firmly in cheek" grin="on" size="large">
>>RPG is just one big extension over no standard....
>></TONGUE>
>>
>>
>>===========================================================
>>R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>> -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
>> -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
>>
>>"America is the land that fought for freedom and then
>>  began passing laws to get rid of it."
>>
>>     - Alfred E. Neuman
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: srichter <srichter@mail.autocoder.com>
>>To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com>
>>Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:28 PM
>>Subject: Re: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ?
>>
>>
>>>That is some nasty looking code.
>>>
>>>I will never criticize rpg again<g>.
>>>
>>>Steve Richter
>>>
>>>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>>>From: "R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@attglobal.net>
>>>Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>>>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:19:05 -0400
>>>
>>>>      WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
>>>>      01 data-value.
>>>>         05 returned-packed1  pic s9(3)v9(2) packed-decimal.
>>>>      PROCEDURE DIVISION.
>>>>            move 345.67 to returned-packed1.
>>>>
>>>>            DISPLAY  data-value UPON data-area
>>>>               FOR "DECDATA" LIBRARY "QGPL".
>>>>
>>>>            ACCEPT   data-value FROM data-area
>>>>               FOR "DECDATA" LIBRARY "QGPL".
>>>>
>>>>===========================================================
>>>>R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>>>> -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
>>>> -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
>>>>
>>>>"America is the land that fought for freedom and then
>>>>  began passing laws to get rid of it."
>>>>
>>>>     - Alfred E. Neuman
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Tim Truax <truax@telerama.com>
>>>>To: COBOL400-L List <cobol400-L@midrange.com>
>>>>Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001 4:57 PM
>>>>Subject: Change *DTAARA from within a COBOL pgm ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have a COBOL 400 program that uses a call to QCMDEXC to change a
>*DTAARA
>>>>(Data area).
>>>>Is there a less overhead utilizing manner in which to change a *DTAARA
>>from
>>>>within a COBOL program than using the QCMDEXC?
>>>>Maybe some similar way to the way RPG400 does it by using the IN opcode
>>then
>>>>the OUT opcode?
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>Tim Truax  :-)
>>>>
>>>>
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