RE: AS400 object name validation ?

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike -

>Create a command with one qualified parameter defined 
>as type *SNAME with a SNGVAL of *JOBD. Then use QCMDCHK 
>with the entered values on the screen which will return 
>an error message if an invalid name is entered. This way 
>you can still use standard DSPFs.

The route I went in a similiar situation was to check in the program for
special values.  If it wasn't a special value, I ran CHKOBJ for the object
type against the entered object name.  Depending on the escape message
issued, I could tell if the object name was invalid, or the name was valid
but the object didn't exist, or the object existed but the user wasn't
authorized to it.  If no escape message was issued, then the name was valid,
the object existed, and the user had authority to it.

I put the CHKOBJ command and message retrieval in a CL program that could be
easily called from an RPG program.  If anyone cares, I just put the source
up on my website.  Go to http://www.ke9nr.org/as400/ and click on the link
that says "Check an object".

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.

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