RE: pass parms to qry400

["Draper, Dale" <dale.draper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shoot, this works. Even I got it to work. Already put it into a CL and onto
a users menu and solved an ongoing problem of her always asking for info she
could't get to.

It has it's limitations, but it's a heck of a step forward.

Thank you David.

That's a busy newsgroup there. Good resource. Another one for ya.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaw, David [SMTP:dshaw@spartan.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 5:53 AM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: pass parms to qry400
> 
> Al and anyone else who thinks that parameters can't be passed to
> Query/400:
> 
> Go to http://as400service.rochester.ibm.com .  Expand the "Tech Info &
> Databases" line in the left frame, then choose "Software Knowledge Base".
> Search for document number 6515952, "Passing Parameters to a Query/400
> Query".  This document has pretty straightforward step-by-step
> instructions,
> and should answer your questions.
> 
> I've posted these instructions for finding this document twice to
> comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc , and other people have posted detailed links that
> are supposed to go directly to the document, both here and there.  IT CAN
> BE
> DONE!
> 
> Dave Shaw
> Spartan International, Inc.
> Spartanburg, SC
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Al Barsa, Jr. [mailto:barsa2@ibm.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 3:45 PM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: pass parms to qry400
> > 
> > 
> > At 09:31 AM 06/29/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Does anyone know if you can do the following.
> > >
> > >cl pgm
> > >     dcl &item
> > >     dclf screen
> > >     rcvf screen
> > >     runqry xxxxx parm &item
> > >end pgm
> > 
> > Can't do it.  But you can with the Query Management/400 Product.
> > 
> > Al
> > 
> > 
> > 
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