Re: %parms value when calling from SQL UDF.

The *parms field in the PSDS denotes the number of parameters passed to the
main procedure/entry point. %parms here will give the same answer. %parms in
a subprocedure is the number of parameters passed to that subprocedure.

Pete
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> Hi Barbara,
>
> Could you elaborate on this quote from the same manual?
>
> "For the main procedure, %PARMS is the same as *PARMS."
>
> That is, how is it different in a sub procedure?
>
> tia,
> Peter Dow
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> From: "Barbara Morris"
> > >From the %PARMS section of the ILE RPG Reference
> > (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508402.htm)
> >
> > "The value returned by %PARMS is not available if the program or
> > procedure that calls %PARMS does not pass a minimal operational
> > descriptor. The ILE RPG compiler always passes one, but other languages
> > do not. So if the caller is written in another ILE language, it will
> > need to pass an operational descriptor on the call. If the operational
> > descriptor is not passed, the value returned by %PARMS cannot be
> > trusted. "
>
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