Re: changing two fields in a file

["Henrik Krebs" <hkrebs@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I could be wrong (no, not me), but I think if the field names are the same
> you wouldn't have to code the moves.  You could prefix or rename the two
> fields that have to be changed.

No, you are not wrong. A fact that many people tends to forget (or have never 
learned - it was basic when you needed to know that
old RPG-cycle)) is that fields from externally defined files are just as 
internal as fields defined all in RPG. It's only the
declaration that is external. A 'CHAIN' for exampel first fills a buffer (you 
can see it in a formatted dump, called for example
ZZ01BIN) and then moves from the buffer to internal fields (for get) or reverse 
(for put).




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Fra: Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
Til: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Emne: RE: changing two fields in a file
Dato: 21. august 1999 01:52

I could be wrong (no, not me), but I think if the field names are the same
you wouldn't have to code the moves.  You could prefix or rename the two
fields that have to be changed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boothm@ibm.net [mailto:boothm@ibm.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 3:37 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: changing two fields in a file
> 
> 
> The numeric field needs 1990 added to it (it is a year field) and the
> alpha field is 1 through B for months of the year.  What is 
> causing the
> brain flat is the other 108 fields.  Am I really looking at 108 moves?
> 
> 
> In <37BCAC27.F7E35EF0@datadesigninc.com>, on 08/19/99 
>    at 08:15 PM, nina jones <ddi@datadesigninc.com> said:
> 
> 
> >> I am thinking this is easy but I have been able to really 
> complicate it.
> >> 
> >> I have a file where the record has 110 fields in it.   Two 
> of those fields
> >> are to be changed, one from 1 alpha to 4 numeric, the 
> other from 1 numeric
> >> to 4 numeric.
> >> 
> >> This seems to me to be a 15 line program but it isn't 
> turning out that
> >> way.  Any ideas of a good fast algorithym to do it?
> 
> 
> >what's the problem?  the alpha field turning numeric?  
> 
> >nj
> 
> 
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> boothm@ibm.net
> Booth Martin
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