RE: The passing of user selections

Tony:

You didn't give any indication of the actual size of the parameter values other 
than "monstrous". If that means 32K+, then you have a different situation from 
1K.

Would a keyed user index work? The key can be passed as the actual parameter 
and the values can be retrieved by key. If it's necessary to pass lists of 
values, the key can have a major and minor component. Major would be the 
process identifier; minor would identify which kind of value was being passed. 
All related entries can be removed at once by major key.

A large number of queued processes would be accomodated, fairly easily within a 
single object.

Tom Liotta

rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   1. The passing of user selections (CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>
>The user is allowed to make several selections that involve lists of values
>(sites, contract IDs, etc.), and then the report is to be submitted to
>batch.  The added requirement is that the job might be submitted multiple
>times while the batch component is in the job queue from other runs.  
>
>I am trying to determine the best way to pass the selections to the batch
>submission.  Should I use a USER SPACE, or a DATA QUEUE, or a uniquely named
>file with the selections (different field sizes, types)?  

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Tom Liotta
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