Re: Externally Described files & RPG IV

[Tim McCarthy <twmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:28 AM 7/31/98 -0400, you wrote:
THis would be even more useful if you had the option of specifying unique
storage per record format. Although each file currently defined to an RPG
program has a unique buffer, program storage is allocated by field name so
you can't process two records with the same field names at the same time
(without some footwork anyway). A nice feature in using C with externally
defined files is the ability to address fields with the same field name
individually by using the record name as a prefix.

>
>I agree.  What about a PFILE keyword.
>
>FDATAFILE  IF  E   ....        
>FDATAFILE2 IF  E   ....          PFILE(LIB/DATAFILE) RENAME(REC:REC2)
>
>Very simple to implement.  No CL program required just to compile the
>program.  No wasted time or effort.
>
>How about it IBM ?
>
>John Hall
>Home Sales Co.
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