RE: Strange behavior w/%editc()

["Bob Cozzi \(RPGIV\)" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,


>  I wonder how you get that same information - for example,
>  which fields are from database files.

The easy way to do that in RPG IV is to use the PREFIX keyword on your
File description spec. I like to use Prefix(CM_) so that all fields
from, say the customer master file begin with CM_ in the program. For
example, CM_CUSTNAME (or CM_CSTNAM for those that still use 6-character
field names).

I've always disliked the coding style that people used to name fields in
their database with a two or three character prefix. Back then, since we
only had 6 characters to deal with, I just could justify using two of
them (in 95% of the situations) to associate a field with a file.

The PREFIX keyword now allows you to use real field names in your
database, and if you like, assign a prefix to those field names at
compile time. It's pretty cool.

Bob Cozzi