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  3. October 2002

RE: qualified record format

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Gary Guthrie

Steve Richter wrote:
>
> Can the record formats of a display file and database file be qualified?
>
>  FORHEADL1  if   E           K DISK    qualified


Gary Guthrie replied:
>Yes. At V5R2. But, it's not using keyword Qualified (I wish it
>was). You can use LikeRec (among other techniques)

Thanks Gary.

LIKEREC is ok but it introduces code dependencies which is a step back in
terms of code maintainability.  To change a file name, the LIKEREC stmt also
has to be changed.

Being able to qualify at the file level would be a big step forward in rpg
code readability and database design ( fields in files could have simple,
more readable names ).

Steve Richter

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