RE: Subroutines vs Subprocedures was RE: Indicators

Thanks for the info Gina.

Charles


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> From: Gina M Whitney [mailto:whitneyg@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 7:48 AM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Subroutines vs Subprocedures was RE: Indicators
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> Hi All,
> I know that having unique host variable names within the program is
> frustrating.  Especially when the SQL starts acting funny and 
> the error
> isn't obvious.  Before v5r3, the type of a duplicate name was not
> dependable and may even affect data structures.  That is why 
> the manual
> states the names must be unique.   In v5r3, the precompiler 
> changed the way
> duplicate names are handled.  As some of you have seen, you 
> are now getting
> SQL0314.  Having QUALIFIED helps a little.  I also did make a small
> exception, that if there is a stand alone defined exactly like another
> stand alone, I won't error with name not unique.  If you look 
> in the XREF,
> you will see that it is only in there once.  Note that I said small
> exception...it currently doesn't even support duplicate names 
> defined with
> the same LIKE.  I'm currently working on a v5r3 PTF that will 
> expand the
> exception to parameter names which are defined exactly the 
> same and stand
> alone/parameters that are defined with LIKE.
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> Gina
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