Re: F Specs on an OVRDBF

I hear you.  Imagine my frustration having to look at 
BPCS RPGIII code and saying I can't find this variable 
@UDATEY defined.  It's only in the O specs.  I felt so 
stupid.  But at least I got my point across to the newbie 
about RPGIV.





jlangston@conexfreight.com on 06/09/2000 02:20:28 PM
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Er, 6 instead of 8.  Okay.  Even more limited than I recalled.  Okay,
I stand corrected.  Eitheway, it is way to short to be meaningful.

Regards,

Jim Langston

"Bale, Dan" wrote:

> Eh, Jim, what version of RPG-III were you "smoking"?  Variable names are
> limited to six characters in RPG-III.  External variable names defined in
> DDS are limited to 10 characters and, thus, RPG-IV allows all ten
> characters.  File and record names were limited to 8 characters in RPG-III,
> but you can use all 10 in RPG-IV.
>
> But you knew that, already, didn't you Jim? <g>
>
> - Dan Bale

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