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Gary wrote: >For those intetested we found when compiling ILE RPG to V3R7M0, >CVTOPT(*VARCHAR) isn't H-Spec supported. It has to be supplied on the >create command's "Type conversion option" parameter. > >Also, you have to immitate a variable length field by defining the first two >bytes of a string as an integer with length 5 an zero decimal positions. >Here's an example. VarLenFld is a variable length defined field in a >physical file. >... Wouldn't it be easier to upgrade to a more recent release? Easier support for varying length fields was added in V4R2. In V3R7, you'd be writing code that will be quickly obsolete anyways! Also, putting too much of a dependency on CVTOPT(*VARCHAR) will only make using real character varying fields more difficult. Cheers! Hans Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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