RE: F Specs on an OVRDBF

["Bale, Dan" <DBale@xxxxxxxx>]

Eh, Jim, what version of RPG-III were you "smoking"?  Variable names are
limited to six characters in RPG-III.  External variable names defined in
DDS are limited to 10 characters and, thus, RPG-IV allows all ten
characters.  File and record names were limited to 8 characters in RPG-III,
but you can use all 10 in RPG-IV.

But you knew that, already, didn't you Jim? <g>

- Dan Bale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [SMTP:jlangston@conexfreight.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 12:15 PM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: F Specs on an OVRDBF
> 
        <snip>
>  Notice, you can also use lower case letters
> now.  And, you are no longer limited to 8 characters for variable names
> either!
> You are still limited to 8 for your DDS though, bummer.  But program
> variables
> can be as long as you want them.
        <snip>
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