Re: Varable initialized with more data then defined for

We ran into an issue where a variable, defined as *CHAR with a length of
5000, but either initialized or data moved to this field exceeded 5000
characters, caused a subsequent command to fail because of length
limitation issue, CPD0183. How can this happen? Is this a bug? How can a
field have more data than it was defined for.
We saw the same results if the data was defined in an RPGLE program,
passed it the CL.

DCL VAR(&M) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(5000)

SWPUSRPRF USRPRF(CPATEXT) CMD(SNDDST TYPE(*LMSG) +
TOINTNET((psteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx)) +
DSTD(TEST) LONGMSG(&M))

Message ID . . . . . . : CPD0183 Severity . . . . . . . : 30
Message type . . . . . : Diagnostic
Date sent . . . . . . : 05/02/13 Time sent . . . . . . :
09:22:03

Message . . . . : Embedded command SNDDST too long.
Cause . . . . . : The length specified for the embedded command exceeds
the
defined length. Command length is 5001, but the maximum length for the
embedded command string is 5000.

Thank You
_____
Paul Steinmetz
IBM i Systems Administrator

Pencor Services, Inc.
471 Delaware Ave
Palmerton Pa 18071

610-826-9117 work
610-826-9188 fax
610-349-0913 cell
610-377-6012 home

psteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:psteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
http://www.pencor.com/

--
This is the RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) (RPG400-L)
mailing list
To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l
or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.