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  3. June 2003

Re: %parms value when calling from SQL UDF.

Thanks, that's helpful.  If that's consistent, it means testing for %parms >
x will handle that situation.

Anyone out there using other languages to call RPGLE procedures know about
this?  Like Java, C, etc.

From: "Pete Clifford"
> My only direct experience of this is in relation to SQL UDFs. There, the
> value of %parms appears to be -1 when a procedure is called by SQL. That;s
> as far as I can comment, I'm afraid.
>
> "Mail List"
> > So does the same caveat apply to %parms when used in a subprocedure?
That
> > is, if the subprocedure is called by some program that does not pass a
> > minimal operational descriptor, will %parms be unavailable?  No mention
is
> > made of which languages would do that btw.  And what does "unavailable"
> > mean?  Is it zero?  Or will I get an error if I try to use it?

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