Re: [Subfield lenght cannot exceed 256 bytes]

Sanjiv Hati <hattys@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I am using a DS structure in RPG/400 to store a record
> from a physical file . The length of the record is
> more than 256 bytes. But when I declare the length of
> the subfield of the data structure as 9999 and then
> compile my program it give compilation error i.e.
> subfield length can't exceed 256. The basic purpose is
> to pass this subfield as parameter to another pgm.
> 
> I want to pass charater data as parameter with length
> 9999 to another pgm (or more than 9999) specifically
> in RPG/400.
> 
> Can anyone provide with a solution.
>

If all u are doing is just passing data around then there is no need to have
any subfields,  just use the data structure name in your parameters to the
program u are calling.

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