Re: How to use a host variable with the SQL-function HttpGetClob() ?

Let me first qualify my post with the fact I've never worked with
HttpGetClob. That said I have worked with varying length character strings
(VARCHAR) data.

If the actual data coming into your program is VARCHAR, I would think you
were going in the correct direction when you broke the field definition
apart to separate the length from the actual data. i.e.:

01 URL-STRING.
49 URL-STRING-LEN PIC S9(4) COMP-4.
49 URL-STRING-CONTENT PIC X(255).

When you tried that, did you then reference URL-STRING-CONTENT or
URL-STRING? When I've used VARCHAR data, I've always referenced
URL-STRING-CONTENT(1:URL-STRING-LEN)

Also, isn't pic s9(4) two bytes which would only leave x(254) for the
content?

Failing the above test, I would do as Jon suggests and contact IBM. If you
can, I would also compare the pre-compiler generated code for the RPG and
COBOL and check the similarity of what they do.

And please post back to the list when you get it figured out.

Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way International

"COBOL400-L" <cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 02/13/2018
01:00:02 PM:

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Re: [COBOL400-L] How to use a host variable with the SQL-function
HttpGetClob() ?

Time for a call to IBM Roman - it should work.

But check your PTF levels first.

Did you look at the generated code and compare with the RPG version?


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
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