Re: Move an entire record format as a whole

Hans,

Yes, the ability to read into a data structure would be good. Much more
important to me that CF... :)
I guess fundamentally, it would work like the program described files do
today, but also allow the ability (maybe in phase 2) to read into the DS
without using the Input spec area. That is it would allow use to define our
Input data with D specs. Of course I wouldn't expect, nor would I want, you
to implement all that RPG cycle stuff from the Input specs in the D-spec
implementation.

Bob Cozzi
www.rpgiv.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <boldt@ca.ibm.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: Move an entire record format as a whole


>
>
> Bob wrote:
> >The CHAIN opcode allows you to specify a data structure name in the
Result
> >field. The data is read into that data structure. I believe READ, READE
and
> >READP also support this technique, but I don't remember off hand.
>
> Sorry, that only works for program-described files.
>
> Do you think it would be useful for RPG to allow READ into
> or WRITE from data structures for externally-described
> files?
>
> Cheers!  Hans
>
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
>
>
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