Re: Using CPYF with variables in CLP -- RPG400-L



Hi all you wonderful people,

Well you would think that something as simple as CPYF would not be a very
difficult thing, but It's getting the best of me today to put it nicely. <grin>
I think I have tried just about every combination of (*CAT and quotes) that is
possible for the past  (about 7 hours now). Incredible, yes!
No, this does not work. Try it in a CL, and don't get OPNQRYF confused with
CPYF.    I do. :  )

I am getting closer to a solution by a few people suggesting to create a Command
String for CPYF and  calling QCMDEXC with the CPYF command string. I at least
have the &FPRDN working correctly (debug tells me so) and thank you Kevin for
your example!  I just need to get the string correct now with the
FROMLIB(&LIBRARY/&FILE) variables, which is also in the command string. Brother,
now I'm having trouble with those little ole quotes and *cats with these
variables.  What a fun day this turned out to be.
If anyone would like to suggest how to *Cat the (&LIBRARY / &FILE) parameters
within the command string, please feel free to share it with me.  <grin>

Thank you each and everyone one for your input!
Darlene




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Hi Darlene,

I see Ed's reply, but I don't see any response from you about it. I think he
has the right solution, but he didn't show you what he meant. Also, as I
modified your code, I noticed a couple of missing apostrophes. Try this:

 DCL        VAR(&FPRDN) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(15)

  CPYF       FROMFILE(&LIBRARY/&FILE) +
               TOFILE(QTEMP/BMHSP100X) FROMMBR(&FMEMBER) +
               TOMBR(&TMEMBER) MBROPT(*ADD) +
               CRTFILE(*YES) INCREL((*IF PRDNO *EQ +
               '"' *CAT &FPRDN *CAT '"')) FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP) +
               ERRLVL(*NOMAX)

HTH,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Chabot" <echabot@marlinfirearms.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:21 AM
Subject: RE: Using CPYF with variables in CLP


> Try *CAT instead of *TCAT.
>
> Ed Chabot
> The Marlin Firearms Company
> 100 Kenna Drive
> North Haven, CT 06473
> (203)985-3254
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of dbryant@banpharm.com
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:12 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Using CPYF with variables in CLP
>
>
>
>
> I am testing a program that is selecting a product number to copy from one
> file
> member to another. The problem is the CPYF is truncating the blanks at the
> end
> of the variable. I cannot figure out how to retain the blanks at the end
of
> the
> variable in the CPYF. Can anyone help me please......
>
> DCL        VAR(&FPRDN) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(15)
>
>  CPYF       FROMFILE(&LIBRARY/&FILE) +
>               TOFILE(QTEMP/BMHSP100X) FROMMBR(&FMEMBER) +
>               TOMBR(&TMEMBER) MBROPT(*ADD) +
>               CRTFILE(*YES) INCREL((*IF PRDNO *EQ +
>               '" *TCAT &FPRDN *TCAT"')) FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP) +
>               ERRLVL(*NOMAX)
>
> If I leave the variable alone, the CPYF truncates the blanks at the end of
> the
> variable and copies all records that begins with the non-blank portion of
> the
> variable.
> I have tried a number of combinations for catenating the variable to
enable
> it
> to retain the blanks so I can compare 15 characters with 15 characters,
but
> no
> luck. CPYF is definitely different from OPNQRY.
>
> I've tried the IBM on-line website(s) but they are experiencing problems
> with
> their Internal server.
>
> Any help is GREATLY appreciated!
> Darlene Bryant
>
>
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