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Subject: Re: Can you convert a variable length field to a fixed length field in a LF?
From: dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 13:28:07 -0400
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"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 10/02/2019
01:25:29 PM:

I have a situation where I have a key field that was defined by mistake

a variable length field. This is not a problem for ILE programs but it

not allowed for a OPM RPG program where we need to add a new file to the
RPG code.

I am trying to see if its possible to convert the field to a fixed

length

field in a logical file?

Does anyone have some feedback?

You can create an SQL VIEW that CASTs the VARCHAR column as CHAR.

Sincerely,

Dave Clark

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Re: Can you convert a variable length field to a fixed length field in a LF? , a4g atl
RE: Can you convert a variable length field to a fixed length field in a LF? , Birgitta Hauser

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