External file reads into DS's

>

>> But, OH YES!  And while you're at it, could we read a record into a data

>> structure and have the data map to a subset of record's field collection

>> (i.e. record=> field1-field4; data structure=>field1,field3).
>> Buzz    "Lowly RPG III User"


Ok you got me to ask this,   which is off your request Buzz.    (But I
don't think Hans can help us)

Speaking of reading into a D/S with a subset of fields; .........

I want to have a D/S   with (say)  5 fields from the file,   and then do a
SQL  FETCH 
and have the FETCH be smart enough to map FIELD NAME TO FIELD NAME !!!!  
(from file fields  to D/S  fields with same name)
Is that so freaking hard ?????

I just want to do a fetch into a host D/S without having to specify each
field on the fetch verb.  
Oh Well,    Maybe we will get some MULTI-PASS compiler improvements.

John Carr
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