Re: Internal numeric variable defined with LIKE Keyword off of external files

I had a similar problem several months ago; i posted this to
news://comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc and received an answer from Barbara Morris.
To be sure that your fields are defined exactly the same as in a db-file,
one has to code an external described data structure.
So my

D pgmfield    S                like(dbfield)

was replaced by

D pgmdbds  E DS        extname(db-file)
D                                     prefix(pgm)

that seems to be the only way to tell the compiler that you *really really*
want the field defined the same as in the db-file. RPG loves the packed
format too much to be convinced by a LIKE()....

best regards
--
Anton Gombkötö
mailto:Gombkoetoe@ASsoft.com

AS Software GmbH

http://www.ASsoft.com
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Vienna, Austria, Europe

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An: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Gesendet: Dienstag, 07. Dezember 1999 21:36
Betreff: Re: Internal numeric variable defined with LIKE Keyword off of
external files


>
>
> I forgot one important detail on this.
> The actual fields are being defined unlike the database field.
> The reason this is a problem is that these fields are used as parameters
on
> either procedures or program calls.
> The either will not  compile or run correctly because of type mismatches
on the
> parameters.
> Hope this clears up the issue a little better.
>
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