RE: File fields are not global?

Duh!

Thanks

Patrick Conner
www.ConnecTown.com
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Yes they are, but you have to make sure you didn't define a field inside a
subprocedure with the same name.

For example, I defined an external DS in one of my subprocedures and it
messed up the data on a chain to the same file the DS was defined with.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Contractor1@Parkdalemills.com
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> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 2:00 PM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: File fields are not global?
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>
> I'm chaining to a file in a subprocedure and using values
> from that file as
> key values to another file. But when I chain the second file
> I'm getting a
> decimal data error because the field is not populated. Are
> file fields not
> global?
>
> Patrick Conner
> www.ConnecTown.com
> (828) 244-0822
>
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