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Bob:

As others have mentioned, building the string in a variable and then using that 
variable in OPNQRYF can be a huge help. It allows you to view the content of 
the variable in debug separate from running the OPNQRYF command.

But there are other bits to consider as possible matters of style.

First, enter all of your CL in lower-case except for constants that _need_ to 
be upper-case. Then, when making changes, replicate the statement and change 
the new copy. You can then prompt the new, changed copy to see the result.

This will automatically upper-case everything _except_ such items as quoted 
constants. That means that you can get a neat visual indication of whether or 
not elements such as *CAT and *EQ have been improperly (or properly) enclosed 
in quotes since what's inside quotes won't be upper-cased.

Once you have the changed statement the way you want it, make the visually 
verified changes to the original statement and delete the temporary new 
statement. Your changed statement should be all lower-case again _except_ for 
the bits that _require_ upper-case.

It can make for much slower statement entry, but it really helps maintain 
statement integrity.

Tom Liotta

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

  4. Re: PROBLEM WITH OPNQRYF (Bob O.)

  I I added the quotes like you said.  When I run the program I am still
  getting the CPF9899 error message saying that I'm missing an operand.  I
  can't see where I'm missing anything.

               PGM

               QSYS/DCL   VAR(&DIV) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1)
               QSYS/DCL   VAR(&BOOK) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(6)
  /*                                                                   */
               QSYS/CALL  PGM(DOR400/GL270A)
               QSYS/RTVDTAARA DTAARA(*LDA (9 6)) RTNVAR(&BOOK)
               QSYS/RTVDTAARA DTAARA(*LDA (15 1)) RTNVAR(&DIV)
  /*                                                                   */
               QSYS/OVRDBF FILE(GLTRAN) SHARE(*YES)

     QSYS/OPNQRYF FILE((DOR400/GLTRAN)) QRYSLT('                  +
                            GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '        +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3120                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "BI"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3140                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "BI"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3150                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "BI"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3170                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "BI"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3190                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "BI"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3300                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "BI"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3120                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "AR"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3140                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "AR"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3150                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "AR"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3170                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "AR"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3190                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "AR"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"  +
                          *OR GTBDTE *EQ ' *CAT &BOOK *CAT '      +
                            *AND GTACCT *EQ 3300                  +
                            *AND GTSOUR *EQ "AR"                  +
                            *AND GTDIV *EQ "' *CAT &DIV *TCAT '"') +
                            KEYFLD((GTREF))


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