Re: Request for CL, DDS, SQL RPG enhancements

Bruce,

The database APIs are another way to do this. You probably know
that the format returned by those APIs is a little convoluted. The
open source iSeries-toolkit at www.iseries-toolkit.org contains a
retrieve file description procedure that hides the complexity of
those APIs and makes it easy to retrieve file descriptions without
resorting to an outfile.

The source for that procedure is at:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/iseries-toolkit/CVSROOT/src/qrpglesrc/rtvfd.irp?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

David Morris

>>> bvining@vnet.ibm.com 04/25/02 09:05AM >>>
>
>And doing a DSPFD to either print outs or to an outfile are subject to
the
>whims of IBM and may change format with each new version of the OS.
>

Doing a DSPFD to *print and then trying to process the output in a
program is definitely not recommended due to column changes, text
changes, text translations in other National Language Versions, etc.;
but using an *outfile should be OK.  You need to make sure that level
checking is off as IBM may add new fields to the end of existing
records, but IBM goes to great lengths to retain upward compatibility
for *outfile formats.

Bruce