Re: Re[2]: Field value

Vini, why not build a an array of the universe of field names?  Then using 
your "names" field(s) do a lookup against the array.  If equal, then that 
array element is required.
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Vini.Kolathur@msasaro.com (Vini Kolathur)
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     Hans,
        I have a file which holds a list of customers in one field  and 
     fields "names" in another field. These fields mean that they are 
     mandatory fields for that particular customer in the Master database. 

     This idea came just to make the validation routine more generic since 

     diff customers have diff conditions for a field being mandatory or 
     not. So if the validation routine finds any of these "fields" not 
     having a value in the master database then it triggers of a email and 

     so on. 
 
     Vini


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Subject: Re: Field value
Author:  boldt@ca.ibm.com at ARO-INTERNET
Date:    4/13/00 12:17 PM


 
 
Vini wrote:
>Hi ,
>Just wanted to make sure if this is possible in RPG/400 or ILE. Can
>i treat the value of a field as a field and do a comparison operation. 
>
>For eg: Field X= "STATUS" , this STATUS is the name of field using 
>this can i access the value of the field STATUS.
>I guess i am clear in my question .
 
No, you can't do that in ILE RPG.  And even in those 
programming languages where you can do that (such as 
Perl), it's not recommended.
 
What exactly are you trying to do?
 
Cheers!  Hans
 
Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
 
 
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