Re: data structure length problem

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I actually do not know if there is a data structure subfield size limit in RPG 
III, but I do know that you
can have large fields in RPG IV.  An alternative, however, is a program 
described file.

Such as:

      FARCALC  UF  F     110            DISK
       *
      IARCALC  NS
      I                                        1   20ARCO#
      I                                        3   7 ARCUST
      I                                        8  160ARINV#
      I                                       17  220ARINDT
      I                                       21  220ARINYY
      I                                       19  200ARINMM
      I                                       17  180ARINDD
      I                                       23  302CHKTTL
      I                                       31  382ARAMNT
      I                                      104 1102DIFF$

Using this, you would do a READ on ARCALC instead of the format name.  This 
will automatically
populate the fields for you.

If you have any questions on how to do this, let me know and I'll help you out.

Have you considered, however, creatting DDS for the flat file in question?

Regards,

Jim Langston

Sean Porterfield wrote:

> Hi all, I'm new to the list and having a problem.  I've never had any
> RPG training, so please forgive my ignorance.
>
> I'm trying to write a record to a file that is one 801 character field.
> It is made up of various different bits of information, so I created a
> data structure based on the record format.  I've been getting all kinds
> of errors and finally reduced it to one level 10 severity error:
>
>  * QRG4140 Severity:  10   Number:    1
>            Message . . . . :   Data-Structure-Subfield length exceeds
> 256.
>              Subfield length defaults to 256.
>
> I tried compiling anyway (changing the severity on the CRTRPGPGM
> command) to see what would happen, but it wrote blank records to my
> file.  Is there a trick to making it work?  Would it work in RPG IV
> instead of RPG III?
>
> I've tried many, many different ways of creating the data structure, but
> nothing has worked.   The online manual wasn't very helpful to me.
>
> I'd be happy to provide code if that will help.  Thanks!

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