Re: SQL Misbehaving

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Really? In v4r4, this from the help text for DSPOBJD:

>OUTFILE
>Specifies the qualified name of the database file to
>which the output of the display is directed. If the
>OUTFILE does not exist, this command creates a data-base
>file in the specified library. If the file is created, the
>text is "output file for DSPOBJD". The public authority is
>the same as the create authority specified for the library
>in which the file is created. The database format
>(QLIDOBJD) of the output file is the same as that used
>in the IBM-supplied file database QADSPOBJ.

If not, there's something clearly wrong, IMO. PTF time.

At 11:40 AM 3/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
>At V4R5M0, DSPOBJD does not have the ability to create the *OUTFILE.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Vernon Hamberg" <vhamberg@attbi.com>
>To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
>Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:25 AM
>Subject: RE: SQL Misbehaving
>
>
> > Just tried all 3 flavors of DSPOBJD to outfile on a v5r1 system. ODOBAT
> > field is all blanks.
> >
> > Is your outfile hand-built, or a dup of the system-provided one? Maybe
>from
> > a previous release?
> >
> > At 11:12 AM 3/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Dare,
> > >
> > >I remember the source of the file, my question was more rhetorical than
> > >anything else.  My recollection is that user profiles (unlike files for
> > >instance), don't really have attributes which would further categorize
> > >them.  I don't know what the system will do with that field and don't
> > >see a clear indication by looking at the data for the four records you
> > >provided.  I don't have an AS/400 handy to do some testing, but it
> > >strikes me that your SQL session can't handle character data which
> > >doesn't translate into a displayable character.
> > >
> > >As to how it got there, it would seem to me that you're entering PTF
> > >territory or there is something weird with the file you created.  You
> > >might try letting the command create it's own outfile and see if you get
> > >the same result.
> > >
> > >Andy
> > >
> > > > Subject: Re: SQL Misbehaving
> > > >
> > > > All I did was DSPOBJD for type *usrprf to an outfile that I created
> > >prior
> > > > to
> > > > DSPOBJD.
> > >
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