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I'm working on our first attempt with a stored procedure. Effectively, I have an external website that is requesting us to run a program and generate a PDF file on the fly and place it back on the calling website (also an AS/400). So, this is not your typical type of SQL stored procedure and I am not returning a data set to the calling program.
Effectively, the calling program sends the header data (customer, item, etc.) and we return the success of the request and the name of the file we have created via parameters.
Here is the code I used to generate the SP:
CREATE PROCEDURE SP(IN PROD CHAR(5), IN PRODSUFF CHAR(4), IN CUSTNO CHAR(9), OUT PDFfile CHAR(128), OUT ReturnValue CHAR(1) ) LANGUAGE CL NOT DETERMINISTIC NO SQL EXTERNAL NAME LIBRARY/PROGRAM
The calling program is a Notes agent and it is effectively doing this:
CALL QGPL.SP ( '05425','0601','407580601',' ',' ')
We've also tried just doing the call with the 3 input parameters and it also errors out. With the current statement we are getting this error (back to the Notes agent):
Error code: 720 Error message: IN, OUT, or INOUT not valid for parameter 4 in procedure SP in QGPL.
I'm not sure if I understand the error message. Evidently I have a parameter issues but I'm not sure what. I've considered adding the statement PARAMETER STYLE GENERAL to my create statement. Also, I've hunted and not found any corresponding job on the target AS/400 that also might contain some job log information. I see the job start and end on the system but I haven't been able to determine what job description to modify to help generate more job log information for the individual job requests.
So, can anyone shed light on the correctness of the create statement, parameter requirements, info on the intent of the error statement, can I find more information about the error on the target AS/400, and any other problem determination techniques? I've been through the DB manual and the two redbooks that cover the SP subject area and haven't had much luck.
Michael Crump
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