RE: Strange behavior w/%editc()

Not only that, but standard field names allow you to use the database cross
reference files to find where a particular field is stored.

Rob Berendt
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Joe,


>  I wonder how you get that same information - for example,
>  which fields are from database files.

The easy way to do that in RPG IV is to use the PREFIX keyword on your
File description spec. I like to use Prefix(CM_) so that all fields
from, say the customer master file begin with CM_ in the program. For
example, CM_CUSTNAME (or CM_CSTNAM for those that still use 6-character
field names).

I've always disliked the coding style that people used to name fields in
their database with a two or three character prefix. Back then, since we
only had 6 characters to deal with, I just could justify using two of
them (in 95% of the situations) to associate a field with a file.

The PREFIX keyword now allows you to use real field names in your
database, and if you like, assign a prefix to those field names at
compile time. It's pretty cool.

Bob Cozzi


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