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Not a view, because it is unkeyed, but a derived index.
Indexes can be used like any keyed logical file, also in OPM programs!

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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mittwoch, 2. Oktober 2019 19:28
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Can you convert a variable length field to a fixed length field
in a LF?

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