Re: just curious - Number of Parms

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

> To me the bigger sin(being a data base bigot) is
> using a 15,5 parameter variable for (say) a customer number or invoice
> number when my data dictionary defines it as 7,0.    I want that
attribute
> of the DB customer entity to cascade everywhere I used customer number.

The sin is in using the CALL CL command.  If the format or length of the
parameter is important (when isn't it?), use a CMD interface for any
program
that must be called from the command line or within a CL program (unless
the CL program *always* passes variables) or submitted as a job.

Barbara Morris


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